Wikipedia:WikiProject Mammals

WikiProject Mammals
Founded 28 February 2004
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Welcome to WikiProject Mammals, a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to mammals. If you identify as a mammal and would like to help, please see below and inquire on the talk page.

Our goals

• To improve Wikipedia's coverage of mammals by creating, expanding, and maintaining articles.
• To serve as the central point of mammals-related article discussion.
• To provide guidelines and recommendations for articles about mammals.

Our scope

WikiProject Mammals focuses on all mammals, whether common or obscure, living or extinct.

What can you do?

• Add your name to the list of Participants and get started!
• Look at the navigation box on the right and see what needs doing in the "Tasks" List.
• Join the Assessment Department and help review article standards and quality.
• Add this userbox to your user page {{User WikiProject Mammals}}
• Join other Projects like WikiProject Animals

News

Today's featured article requests

• 05 Feb 2025 – Marcus Ward Lyon Jr. (talk · edit · hist) has been proposed for Today's Featured Article by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion

Did you know

• 30 Nov 2024 – Straight-tusked elephant (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Hemiauchenia (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

• 13 Dec 2024 – Kamala (elephant) (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Fountains of Bryn Mawr (t · c) was closed as keep by Mojo Hand (t · c) on 20 Dec 2024; see discussion (12 participants)

Categories for discussion

• 22 Dec 2024 – Category:Fictional insectivores (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Pichpich (t · c); see discussion

Featured list candidates

• 17 Dec 2024 – List of kerivoulines (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by PresN (t · c); see discussion
• 30 Oct 2024 – List of pholidotans (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by Wolverine X-eye (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

• 19 Dec 2024 – Fennec fox (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Wolverine X-eye (t · c); see discussion
• 06 Dec 2024 – African bush elephant (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Wolverine X-eye (t · c); start discussion
• 08 Sep 2024 – Robiatherium (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PrimalMustelid (t · c); start discussion
• 08 Sep 2024 – Ephelcomenus (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PrimalMustelid (t · c); start discussion

Peer reviews

• 12 Sep 2024 – Elm Farm Ollie (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Sevey13 (t · c); see discussion
• 22 Jun 2024 – Brown bear (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Wolverine XI (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 07 Dec 2024 – Erlanger's gazelle (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Arabian gazelle by 78.35.63.163 (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

• 18 Mar 2024 – Gazelle (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Maykii (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

• 13 Dec 2024 – User:Evansella/sandbox (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Evansella (t · c) was deleted

Editing activity

30 edits	Fennec fox
27 edits	Melon-headed whale
26 edits	Striped dolphin
17 edits	Rough-toothed dolphin
16 edits	Scottish polecat
15 edits	Dusky dolphin
8 edits	Duerotherium
7 edits	Megantereon
6 edits	Grizzly–polar bear hybrid
6 edits	Megatherium

These are the articles that have been edited the most within the last three days. Last updated 23 December 2024 by HotArticlesBot.

Subprojects and work group

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Mammals/Bats Task Force
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Cats
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Cetaceans (inactive)
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Dogs
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Equine
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Monotremes and Marsupials (inactive)
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Primates
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Rodents (semi-active)
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Mammals/Weasels work group (inactive)

Departments

• Assessment
• Collaboration
• Most Popular pages

Guidelines

The Third edition of Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World (2005) is the basis for the taxonomic framework used by WikiProject Mammals. The MSW3 classification may be overridden by the conclusions of more recent studies which are widely accepted in secondary sources. MSW3 listings can be found online at the Bucknell University here. (Note: there are some differences between the print edition and the online database. For instance, the online database shows three subspecies of dhole whereas the print edition lists seven.)

The Mammal Diversity Database is a new resource that reflects taxonomic changes since the publication of MSW3. It is accepted practice to override the MSW3 taxonomy if both the Mammal Diversity Database and IUCN agree on the change.[1]