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New Species
Thanks to the work of scientists and experts passionate, new mammal species are discovered every year.
Since 2000, there are 562 species and subspecies new. These discoveries are the result of thorough exploration of the geographical areas, but also of scientific advances in genetics.
Unfortunately, many species are endangered because their discovery of the immediate destruction of habitat (such as the Amazon forest).
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37 species and subspecies new in 2010
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COMMON NAME
LATIN NAMEAUTHOR
DISTRIBUTION
Giant Elephant Shrew
Elephantulus #1 2010
Boni-Dodori forest on the coast of north-eastern Kenya
Sacramento Valley red fox
Vulpes vulpes patwin Sacks et al., 2010
California, Sacramento Valley
Manas ferret-badger
Melogale #1 2010
Bhutan
Durrell’s vontsira, Durrell's Mongoose
Salanoia durrelli Durbin et al., 2010
Endemic to Madagascar, Lac Alaotra area
Sibuyan shrew
Crocidura ninoyi Esselstyn & Goodman, 2010
Known only from Sibuyan Island, with all records from Mt. Guintinguitin, Philippines
Dr Phan Luong Shrew
Crocidura phanluongi Jenkins, Abramov, Rozhnov & Olsson, 2010
From southern Viet Nam and nearby Cambodia
Strong-armed Small-eared Shrew
Cryptotis lacertosus Woodman, 2010
Highlands of the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes in western Guatemala
Mam's Small-eared Shrew
Cryptotis mam Woodman, 2010
Highlands of the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes in western Guatemala
Dorcopsulus #1 Kristofer Helgen, 2010
Foja Mountains in Western New Guinea. Indonesia
Yoda tube nose bat, Yoda bat
Nyctimene #1 Bergen, 2010
Muller Range mountains in Papua New Guinea
Syconycteris #1 Kristofer Helgen, 2010
Foja Mountains in Western New Guinea. Indonesia
Pale-winged Dog-like Bat
Peropteryx pallidoptera Lim, Engstrom, Reid, Simmons, Voss & Fleck, 2010
Amazonian zone of Ecuador and Peru,
Madagascan Free-tailed Bat
Chaerephon atsinanana Goodman, Buccas, Naidoo, Ratrimomanarivo, Taylor & Lamb, 2010
Madagascar, Rainforests of the Atsinanana
Anoura canishina Mantilla-Meluk & Baker, 2010
Colombia, Narino
Vizotto's Big-eyed bat
Chiroderma vizottoi Taddei & Lim, 2010
Northeastern Brazil, State of Piauí
Slender broad-nosed bat
Platyrrhinus angustirostris Velazco et al., 2010
Eastern Colombia and Ecuador, north-eastern Peru, and Venezuela
Brown-bellied Broad-nosed Bat
Platyrrhinus fusciventris Velazco et al., 2010
Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Trinidad and Tobago, northern Brazil, eastern Ecuador, and southern Venezuela
Griffith's Long-Fingered Bat
Miniopterus griffithsi Goodman, Maminirina, Bradman, Christidis & Appleton, 2010
Southern Madagascar
Diminutive Bat
Myotis diminutus Moratellia & Wilson, 2010
Central coastal Ecuador
Stryker's snub-nosed monkey
Rhinopithecus strykeri Geissmann et al., 2010
Northern Myanmar, Burma
Northern buffed-cheeked Gibbon
Nomascus annamensis (Van Ngoc Thinh, Mootnick, Vu Ngoc Thanh, Nadler, Roos, 2010)
Viet Nam, Cambodia and Laos
Rondonia marmoset, Rondon Marmoset
Callithrix rondoni Ferrari, Sena, Schneider & Silva Jr., 2010
Brazil, Rondonia, Rios Mamoré-Madeira and Jiparaná, and to the south by the Serra dos Pacáas Novos
Caquetá Titi
Callicebus caquetensis Thomas Defler, Marta Bueno and Javier Garcia, 2010
Endemic to Colombia found in the Department of Caquetá region
Wallace’s Tarsier
Tarsius wallacei Merker et al., 2010
Province of Central Sulawesi. Northern and southern populations are isolated from each other by the Palu Bay, the city of Palu, and the southern parts of the Isthmus of Palu
Tinombo Wallace’s Tarsier
Tarsius wallacei #1 Merker et al., 2010
North-Central Sulawesi, Tinombo (northern population)
Uwemanje Wallace’s Tarsier
Tarsius wallacei #2 Merker et al., 2010
South-Central Sulawesi, occurs southwest to west of Palu, Uwemanje (southern population)
Walters' Duiker
Philantomba walteri Colyn, Hulselmans, Sonet, Oudé, De Winter, Natta, Nagy & Verheyen, 2010
Togo, Benin, and Nigeria
Conilurus capricornensis Cramb & Hocknull, 2010
Northern and eastern Australia
Hylomyscus pamfi Nicolas, Olayemi, Wendelen & Colyn, 2010
Benin, Nigeria
Southern groove-toothed moss-mouse
Microhydromys argenteus Helgen, Leary & Aplin, 2010
Recorded from three localities along the southern slopes of the Central Cordillera in south-central Papua New Guinea
Pogonomys #1 Kristofer Helgen, 2010
Foja Mountains in Western New Guinea. Indonesia
Niken's Rat
Rattus nikenii Maryanto, Sinaga, Achmadi & Maharadatunkamsi, 2010
Gag Island, Raja Ampat, West Papua, New Guinea.
Mahajamba Bay Tree Rat
Brachytarsomys mahajambaensis Mein, Sénégas, Gommery, Ramanivoso, Randrianantenaina & Kerloch, 2010
Northwestern Madagascar
Narinda Bay Red Forest Rat
Nesomys narindaensis Mein, Sénégas, Gommery, Ramanivoso, Randrianantenaina & Kerloch, 2010
Northwestern Madagascar, Antsingiavo, Ambongonambakoa and Ambatomainty
Polop's Grass Mouse
Akodon polopi Jayat, Ortiz, Salazar-B., Pardiñas & Delía, 2010
Northern Campos grasslands of Argentina
Rui Cerqueira's Vesper mouse
Calomys cerqueirai Bonvicino, de Oliveira & Gentile, 2010
Southeastern Brazil, Minas Gerais
Overlook Spiny Pocket Mouse
Heteromys catopterius Robert P. Anderson, Eliecer E. Gutierrez, 2010
Venezuela's Coastal Range
Order of Distribution species and subspecies discovered since 2000
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MONOTREMATA
0 new species and subspecies
MARSUPIALA/DIPROTODONTIA
8 new species and subspecies
MARSUPIALA/PAUCITUBERCULATA
0 new species and subspecies
MARSUPIALA/DASYUROMORPHIA
3 new species and subspecies
MARSUPIALA/DIDELPHIMORPHIA
8 new species and subspecies
MARSUPIALA/MICROBIOTHERIA
0 new species and subspecies
MARSUPIALA/NOTORYCTEMORPHIA
0 new species and subspecies
MARSUPIALA/PERAMELEMORPHIA
2 new species and subspecies
CARNIVORA
17 new species and subspecies
PINNIPEDIA
0 new species and subspecies
MACROSCELIDEA
3 new species and subspecies
SCANDENTIA
0 new species and subspecies
AFROSORICIDA
6 new species and subspecies
INSECTIVORA
43 new species and subspecies
ARTIODACTYLA
12 new species and subspecies
PROBOSCIDEA
0 new species and subspecies
PERISSODACTYLA
1 new species and subspecies
TUBULIDENTATA
0 new species and subspecies
HYRACOIDEA
0 new species and subspecies
XENARTHRA
3 new species and subspecies
PHOLIDOTA
0 new species and subspecies
RODENTIA
201 new species and subspecies
LAGOMORPHA
2 new species and subspecies
CETACEA
6 new species and subspecies
SIRENIA
1 new species and subspecies
CHIROPTERA
149 new species and subspecies
DERMOPTERA
0 new species and subspecies
PRIMATES
97 new species and subspecies
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