Expert range maps of global mammal distributions harmonised to three taxonomic authorities

Charles J. Marsh; Yanina V. Sica; Connor J. Burgin; Wendy A. Dorman; Robert C. Anderson; Isabel del Toro Mijares; Jessica G. Vigneron; Vijay Barve; Victoria L. Dombrowik; Michelle Duong; Robert Guralnick; Julie A. Hart; J. Krish Maypole; Kira McCall; Ajay Ranipeta; Anna Schuerkmann; Michael A. Torselli; Thomas Lacher; Russell A. Mittermeier; Anthony B. Rylands; Wes Sechrest; Don E. Wilson; Agustín M. Abba; Luis F. Aguirre; Joaquín Arroyo-Cabrales; Diego Astúa; Andrew M. Baker; Gill Braulik; Janet K. Braun; Jorge Brito; Peter E. Busher; Santiago F. Burneo; M. Alejandra Camacho; Paolo Cavallini; Elisandra de Almeida Chiquito; Joseph A. Cook; Tamás Cserkész; Gábor Csorba; Erika Cuéllar Soto; Valeria da Cunha Tavares; Tim R.B. Davenport; Thomas Deméré; Christiane Denys; Christopher R. Dickman; Mark D.B. Eldridge; Eduardo Fernandez-Duque; Charles M. Francis; Greta Frankham; William L. Franklin; Thales Freitas; J. Anthony Friend; Elizabeth L. Gadsby; Guilherme S.T. Garbino; Philippe Gaubert; Norberto Giannini; Thomas Giarla; Jason S. Gilchrist; Jaime Gongora; Steven M. Goodman; Sharon Gursky-Doyen; Klaus Hackländer; Mark S. Hafner; Melissa Hawkins; Kristofer M. Helgen; Steven Heritage; Arlo Hinckley; Stefan Hintsche; Mary Holden; Kay E. Holekamp; Rodney L. Honeycutt; Brent A. Huffman; Tatyana Humle; Rainer Hutterer; Carlos Ibáñez Ulargui; Stephen M. Jackson; Jan Janecka; Mary Janecka; Paula Jenkins; Rimvydas Juškaitis; Javier Juste; Roland Kays; C. William Kilpatrick; Tigga Kingston; John L. Koprowski; Boris Kryštufek; Tyrone Lavery; Thomas E. Lee; Yuri L.R. Leite; Roberto Leonan M. Novaes; Burton K. Lim; Andrey Lissovsky; Raquel López-Antoñanzas; Adrià López-Baucells; Colin D. MacLeod; Fiona G. Maisels; Michael A. Mares; Helene Marsh; Stefano Mattioli; Erik Meijaard; Ara Monadjem; F. Blake Morton; Grace Musser; Tilo Nadler; Ryan W. Norris; Agustina Ojeda; Nicté Ordóñez-Garza; Ulyses F.J. Pardiñas; Bruce D. Patterson; Ana Pavan; Michael Pennay; Calebe Pereira; Joyce Prado; Helder L. Queiroz; Matthew Richardson; Erin P. Riley; Stephen J. Rossiter; Daniel I. Rubenstein; Dennisse Ruelas; Jorge Salazar-Bravo; Stéphanie Schai-Braun; Cody J. Schank; Christoph Schwitzer; Lori K. Sheeran; Myron Shekelle; Georgy Shenbrot; Pipat Soisook; Sergio Solari; Richard Southgate; Mariella Superina; Andrew B. Taber; Maurício Talebi; Peter Taylor; Thong Vu Dinh; Nelson Ting; Diego G. Tirira; Susan Tsang; Samuel T. Turvey; Raul Valdez; Victor Van Cakenberghe; Geraldine Veron; Janette Wallis; Rod Wells; Danielle Whittaker; Elizabeth A. Williamson; George Wittemyer; John Woinarski; Dietmar Zinner; Nathan S. Upham; Walter Jetz

doi:10.1111/jbi.14330

Expert range maps of global mammal distributions harmonised to three taxonomic authorities

Charles J. Marsh, Yanina V. Sica, Connor J. Burgin, Wendy A. Dorman, Robert C. Anderson, Isabel del Toro Mijares, Jessica G. Vigneron, Vijay Barve, Victoria L. Dombrowik, Michelle Duong, Robert Guralnick, Julie A. Hart, J. Krish Maypole, Kira McCall, Ajay Ranipeta, Anna Schuerkmann, Michael A. Torselli, Thomas Lacher, Russell A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. RylandsWes Sechrest, Don E. Wilson, Agustín M. Abba, Luis F. Aguirre, Joaquín Arroyo-Cabrales, Diego Astúa, Andrew M. Baker, Gill Braulik, Janet K. Braun, Jorge Brito, Peter E. Busher, Santiago F. Burneo, M. Alejandra Camacho, Paolo Cavallini, Elisandra de Almeida Chiquito, Joseph A. Cook, Tamás Cserkész, Gábor Csorba, Erika Cuéllar Soto, Valeria da Cunha Tavares, Tim R.B. Davenport, Thomas Deméré, Christiane Denys, Christopher R. Dickman, Mark D.B. Eldridge, Eduardo Fernandez-Duque, Charles M. Francis, Greta Frankham, William L. Franklin, Thales Freitas, J. Anthony Friend, Elizabeth L. Gadsby, Guilherme S.T. Garbino, Philippe Gaubert, Norberto Giannini, Thomas Giarla, Jason S. Gilchrist, Jaime Gongora, Steven M. Goodman, Sharon Gursky-Doyen, Klaus Hackländer, Mark S. Hafner, Melissa Hawkins, Kristofer M. Helgen, Steven Heritage, Arlo Hinckley, Stefan Hintsche, Mary Holden, Kay E. Holekamp, Rodney L. Honeycutt, Brent A. Huffman, Tatyana Humle, Rainer Hutterer, Carlos Ibáñez Ulargui, Stephen M. Jackson, Jan Janecka, Mary Janecka, Paula Jenkins, Rimvydas Juškaitis, Javier Juste, Roland Kays, C. William Kilpatrick, Tigga Kingston, John L. Koprowski, Boris Kryštufek, Tyrone Lavery, Thomas E. Lee, Yuri L.R. Leite, Roberto Leonan M. Novaes, Burton K. Lim, Andrey Lissovsky, Raquel López-Antoñanzas, Adrià López-Baucells, Colin D. MacLeod, Fiona G. Maisels, Michael A. Mares, Helene Marsh, Stefano Mattioli, Erik Meijaard, Ara Monadjem, F. Blake Morton, Grace Musser, Tilo Nadler, Ryan W. Norris, Agustina Ojeda, Nicté Ordóñez-Garza, Ulyses F.J. Pardiñas, Bruce D. Patterson, Ana Pavan, Michael Pennay, Calebe Pereira, Joyce Prado, Helder L. Queiroz, Matthew Richardson, Erin P. Riley, Stephen J. Rossiter, Daniel I. Rubenstein, Dennisse Ruelas, Jorge Salazar-Bravo, Stéphanie Schai-Braun, Cody J. Schank, Christoph Schwitzer, Lori K. Sheeran, Myron Shekelle, Georgy Shenbrot, Pipat Soisook, Sergio Solari, Richard Southgate, Mariella Superina, Andrew B. Taber, Maurício Talebi, Peter Taylor, Thong Vu Dinh, Nelson Ting, Diego G. Tirira, Susan Tsang, Samuel T. Turvey, Raul Valdez, Victor Van Cakenberghe, Geraldine Veron, Janette Wallis, Rod Wells, Danielle Whittaker, Elizabeth A. Williamson, George Wittemyer, John Woinarski, Dietmar Zinner, Nathan S. Upham, Walter Jetz

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Aim: Comprehensive, global information on species' occurrences is an essential biodiversity variable and central to a range of applications in ecology, evolution, biogeography and conservation. Expert range maps often represent a species' only available distributional information and play an increasing role in conservation assessments and macroecology. We provide global range maps for the native ranges of all extant mammal species harmonised to the taxonomy of the Mammal Diversity Database (MDD) mobilised from two sources, the Handbook of the Mammals of the World (HMW) and the Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World (CMW). Location: Global. Taxon: All extant mammal species. Methods: Range maps were digitally interpreted, georeferenced, error-checked and subsequently taxonomically aligned between the HMW (6253 species), the CMW (6431 species) and the MDD taxonomies (6362 species). Results: Range maps can be evaluated and visualised in an online map browser at Map of Life (mol.org) and accessed for individual or batch download for non-commercial use. Main conclusion: Expert maps of species' global distributions are limited in their spatial detail and temporal specificity, but form a useful basis for broad-scale characterizations and model-based integration with other data. We provide georeferenced range maps for the native ranges of all extant mammal species as shapefiles, with species-level metadata and source information packaged together in geodatabase format. Across the three taxonomic sources our maps entail, there are 1784 taxonomic name differences compared to the maps currently available on the IUCN Red List website. The expert maps provided here are harmonised to the MDD taxonomic authority and linked to a community of online tools that will enable transparent future updates and version control.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	979-992
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of Biogeography
Volume	49
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14330
State	Published - May 2022

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biodiversity
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conservation planning
mapping
species distributions

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Marsh, C. J., Sica, Y. V., Burgin, C. J., Dorman, W. A., Anderson, R. C., del Toro Mijares, I., Vigneron, J. G., Barve, V., Dombrowik, V. L., Duong, M., Guralnick, R., Hart, J. A., Maypole, J. K., McCall, K., Ranipeta, A., Schuerkmann, A., Torselli, M. A., Lacher, T., Mittermeier, R. A., ... Jetz, W. (2022). Expert range maps of global mammal distributions harmonised to three taxonomic authorities. Journal of Biogeography, 49(5), 979-992. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14330

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Marsh, CJ, Sica, YV, Burgin, CJ, Dorman, WA, Anderson, RC, del Toro Mijares, I, Vigneron, JG, Barve, V, Dombrowik, VL, Duong, M, Guralnick, R, Hart, JA, Maypole, JK, McCall, K, Ranipeta, A, Schuerkmann, A, Torselli, MA, Lacher, T, Mittermeier, RA, Rylands, AB, Sechrest, W, Wilson, DE, Abba, AM, Aguirre, LF, Arroyo-Cabrales, J, Astúa, D, Baker, AM, Braulik, G, Braun, JK, Brito, J, Busher, PE, Burneo, SF, Camacho, MA, Cavallini, P, de Almeida Chiquito, E, Cook, JA, Cserkész, T, Csorba, G, Cuéllar Soto, E, da Cunha Tavares, V, Davenport, TRB, Deméré, T, Denys, C, Dickman, CR, Eldridge, MDB, Fernandez-Duque, E, Francis, CM, Frankham, G, Franklin, WL, Freitas, T, Friend, JA, Gadsby, EL, Garbino, GST, Gaubert, P, Giannini, N, Giarla, T, Gilchrist, JS, Gongora, J, Goodman, SM, Gursky-Doyen, S, Hackländer, K, Hafner, MS, Hawkins, M, Helgen, KM, Heritage, S, Hinckley, A, Hintsche, S, Holden, M, Holekamp, KE, Honeycutt, RL, Huffman, BA, Humle, T, Hutterer, R, Ibáñez Ulargui, C, Jackson, SM, Janecka, J, Janecka, M, Jenkins, P, Juškaitis, R, Juste, J, Kays, R, Kilpatrick, CW, Kingston, T, Koprowski, JL, Kryštufek, B, Lavery, T, Lee, TE, Leite, YLR, Novaes, RLM, Lim, BK, Lissovsky, A, López-Antoñanzas, R, López-Baucells, A, MacLeod, CD, Maisels, FG, Mares, MA, Marsh, H, Mattioli, S, Meijaard, E, Monadjem, A, Morton, FB, Musser, G, Nadler, T, Norris, RW, Ojeda, A, Ordóñez-Garza, N, Pardiñas, UFJ, Patterson, BD, Pavan, A, Pennay, M, Pereira, C, Prado, J, Queiroz, HL, Richardson, M, Riley, EP, Rossiter, SJ, Rubenstein, DI, Ruelas, D, Salazar-Bravo, J, Schai-Braun, S, Schank, CJ, Schwitzer, C, Sheeran, LK, Shekelle, M, Shenbrot, G, Soisook, P, Solari, S, Southgate, R, Superina, M, Taber, AB, Talebi, M, Taylor, P, Vu Dinh, T, Ting, N, Tirira, DG, Tsang, S, Turvey, ST, Valdez, R, Van Cakenberghe, V, Veron, G, Wallis, J, Wells, R, Whittaker, D, Williamson, EA, Wittemyer, G, Woinarski, J, Zinner, D, Upham, NS & Jetz, W 2022, 'Expert range maps of global mammal distributions harmonised to three taxonomic authorities', Journal of Biogeography, vol. 49, no. 5, pp. 979-992. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14330

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AU - Marsh, Charles J.

AU - Sica, Yanina V.

AU - Burgin, Connor J.

AU - Dorman, Wendy A.

AU - Anderson, Robert C.

AU - del Toro Mijares, Isabel

AU - Vigneron, Jessica G.

AU - Barve, Vijay

AU - Dombrowik, Victoria L.

AU - Duong, Michelle

AU - Guralnick, Robert

AU - Hart, Julie A.

AU - Maypole, J. Krish

AU - McCall, Kira

AU - Ranipeta, Ajay

AU - Schuerkmann, Anna

AU - Torselli, Michael A.

AU - Lacher, Thomas

AU - Mittermeier, Russell A.

AU - Rylands, Anthony B.

AU - Sechrest, Wes

AU - Wilson, Don E.

AU - Abba, Agustín M.

AU - Aguirre, Luis F.

AU - Arroyo-Cabrales, Joaquín

AU - Astúa, Diego

AU - Baker, Andrew M.

AU - Braulik, Gill

AU - Braun, Janet K.

AU - Brito, Jorge

AU - Busher, Peter E.

AU - Burneo, Santiago F.

AU - Camacho, M. Alejandra

AU - Cavallini, Paolo

AU - de Almeida Chiquito, Elisandra

AU - Cook, Joseph A.

AU - Cserkész, Tamás

AU - Csorba, Gábor

AU - Cuéllar Soto, Erika

AU - da Cunha Tavares, Valeria

AU - Davenport, Tim R.B.

AU - Deméré, Thomas

AU - Denys, Christiane

AU - Dickman, Christopher R.

AU - Eldridge, Mark D.B.

AU - Fernandez-Duque, Eduardo

AU - Francis, Charles M.

AU - Frankham, Greta

AU - Franklin, William L.

AU - Freitas, Thales

AU - Friend, J. Anthony

AU - Gadsby, Elizabeth L.

AU - Garbino, Guilherme S.T.

AU - Gaubert, Philippe

AU - Giannini, Norberto

AU - Giarla, Thomas

AU - Gilchrist, Jason S.

AU - Gongora, Jaime

AU - Goodman, Steven M.

AU - Gursky-Doyen, Sharon

AU - Hackländer, Klaus

AU - Hafner, Mark S.

AU - Hawkins, Melissa

AU - Helgen, Kristofer M.

AU - Heritage, Steven

AU - Hinckley, Arlo

AU - Hintsche, Stefan

AU - Holden, Mary

AU - Holekamp, Kay E.

AU - Honeycutt, Rodney L.

AU - Huffman, Brent A.

AU - Humle, Tatyana

AU - Hutterer, Rainer

AU - Ibáñez Ulargui, Carlos

AU - Jackson, Stephen M.

AU - Janecka, Jan

AU - Janecka, Mary

AU - Jenkins, Paula

AU - Juškaitis, Rimvydas

AU - Juste, Javier

AU - Kays, Roland

AU - Kilpatrick, C. William

AU - Kingston, Tigga

AU - Koprowski, John L.

AU - Kryštufek, Boris

AU - Lavery, Tyrone

AU - Lee, Thomas E.

AU - Leite, Yuri L.R.

AU - Novaes, Roberto Leonan M.

AU - Lim, Burton K.

AU - Lissovsky, Andrey

AU - López-Antoñanzas, Raquel

AU - López-Baucells, Adrià

AU - MacLeod, Colin D.

AU - Maisels, Fiona G.

AU - Mares, Michael A.

AU - Marsh, Helene

AU - Mattioli, Stefano

AU - Meijaard, Erik

AU - Monadjem, Ara

AU - Morton, F. Blake

AU - Musser, Grace

AU - Nadler, Tilo

AU - Norris, Ryan W.

AU - Ojeda, Agustina

AU - Ordóñez-Garza, Nicté

AU - Pardiñas, Ulyses F.J.

AU - Patterson, Bruce D.

AU - Pavan, Ana

AU - Pennay, Michael

AU - Pereira, Calebe

AU - Prado, Joyce

AU - Queiroz, Helder L.

AU - Richardson, Matthew

AU - Riley, Erin P.

AU - Rossiter, Stephen J.

AU - Rubenstein, Daniel I.

AU - Ruelas, Dennisse

AU - Salazar-Bravo, Jorge

AU - Schai-Braun, Stéphanie

AU - Schank, Cody J.

AU - Schwitzer, Christoph

AU - Sheeran, Lori K.

AU - Shekelle, Myron

AU - Shenbrot, Georgy

AU - Soisook, Pipat

AU - Solari, Sergio

AU - Southgate, Richard

AU - Superina, Mariella

AU - Taber, Andrew B.

AU - Talebi, Maurício

AU - Taylor, Peter

AU - Vu Dinh, Thong

AU - Ting, Nelson

AU - Tirira, Diego G.

AU - Tsang, Susan

AU - Turvey, Samuel T.

AU - Valdez, Raul

AU - Van Cakenberghe, Victor

AU - Veron, Geraldine

AU - Wallis, Janette

AU - Wells, Rod

AU - Whittaker, Danielle

AU - Williamson, Elizabeth A.

AU - Wittemyer, George

AU - Woinarski, John

AU - Zinner, Dietmar

AU - Upham, Nathan S.

AU - Jetz, Walter

PY - 2022/5

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N2 - Aim: Comprehensive, global information on species' occurrences is an essential biodiversity variable and central to a range of applications in ecology, evolution, biogeography and conservation. Expert range maps often represent a species' only available distributional information and play an increasing role in conservation assessments and macroecology. We provide global range maps for the native ranges of all extant mammal species harmonised to the taxonomy of the Mammal Diversity Database (MDD) mobilised from two sources, the Handbook of the Mammals of the World (HMW) and the Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World (CMW). Location: Global. Taxon: All extant mammal species. Methods: Range maps were digitally interpreted, georeferenced, error-checked and subsequently taxonomically aligned between the HMW (6253 species), the CMW (6431 species) and the MDD taxonomies (6362 species). Results: Range maps can be evaluated and visualised in an online map browser at Map of Life (mol.org) and accessed for individual or batch download for non-commercial use. Main conclusion: Expert maps of species' global distributions are limited in their spatial detail and temporal specificity, but form a useful basis for broad-scale characterizations and model-based integration with other data. We provide georeferenced range maps for the native ranges of all extant mammal species as shapefiles, with species-level metadata and source information packaged together in geodatabase format. Across the three taxonomic sources our maps entail, there are 1784 taxonomic name differences compared to the maps currently available on the IUCN Red List website. The expert maps provided here are harmonised to the MDD taxonomic authority and linked to a community of online tools that will enable transparent future updates and version control.

AB - Aim: Comprehensive, global information on species' occurrences is an essential biodiversity variable and central to a range of applications in ecology, evolution, biogeography and conservation. Expert range maps often represent a species' only available distributional information and play an increasing role in conservation assessments and macroecology. We provide global range maps for the native ranges of all extant mammal species harmonised to the taxonomy of the Mammal Diversity Database (MDD) mobilised from two sources, the Handbook of the Mammals of the World (HMW) and the Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World (CMW). Location: Global. Taxon: All extant mammal species. Methods: Range maps were digitally interpreted, georeferenced, error-checked and subsequently taxonomically aligned between the HMW (6253 species), the CMW (6431 species) and the MDD taxonomies (6362 species). Results: Range maps can be evaluated and visualised in an online map browser at Map of Life (mol.org) and accessed for individual or batch download for non-commercial use. Main conclusion: Expert maps of species' global distributions are limited in their spatial detail and temporal specificity, but form a useful basis for broad-scale characterizations and model-based integration with other data. We provide georeferenced range maps for the native ranges of all extant mammal species as shapefiles, with species-level metadata and source information packaged together in geodatabase format. Across the three taxonomic sources our maps entail, there are 1784 taxonomic name differences compared to the maps currently available on the IUCN Red List website. The expert maps provided here are harmonised to the MDD taxonomic authority and linked to a community of online tools that will enable transparent future updates and version control.

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KW - Mammalia

KW - biodiversity

KW - biogeography

KW - conservation planning

KW - mapping

KW - species distributions

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