Hesperomys Project v23.8.0

An export of data from the Hesperomys Project version 23.8.0. The Hesperomys Project is a database of taxonomy and nomenclature, focused on mammals but also covering some other groups, principally other fossil tetrapods. The database contains information such as:

Taxonomic classification for all mammals, living and extinct

References to original citations for the vast majority of names

Type specimens and type localities for numerous names

The full database is available online at hesperomys.com. This export contains:

name.csv: Data on names, including taxonomic context, authority, citation, type locality, type specimen, and classification of the etymology.

taxon.csv: Data on taxa, including classification and authority

collection.csv: Data on collections that contain type specimens, including name, location, and number of type specimens in the database

The code used to generate the exports is on GitHub.

Release notes for version 23.8.0:

Database

Add issue numbers to several hundred articles (mostly in Annals and Magazine of Natural History and Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London). Correct a few publication dates and issue numbers.

Add original citations for all names described in the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.

Add a few dozen missing type localities for synonyms of extant mammal species.

Add numerous additional type specimens for extant mammals, based mostly on online collection databases.

Add thousands of links to type specimen catalog entries, mostly in BMNH, MNHN, and MCZ.

Numerous new taxonomic changes and newly examined old literature.

Backend

Add capability to mark the former repository of a type specimen (see e.g. FMSM).

Enforce a consistent format for the type specimen field.

Add the capability to enforce a more precise format for individual collections.

Enforce that names have only one value for e.g. the "age" tag for type specimens.

Use the "IssueDate" mechanism to infer what issue papers were published in.

Frontend

Add new page listing the newest additions to the database (e.g., new names).