Download the latest global mammal checklist in Excel (as at September 2024).
Download the latest primate checklist in Excel (as at January 2024)
Download the latest cat checklist in Excel (as at September 2024): follows the MDD v1.13 but excluding Domestic Cat.
Download the latest cetacean checklist in Excel (as at September 2024):
Download the latest carnivore checklist in Excel (as at September 2024): follows the MDD v1.13 but excluding Domestic Cat and Domestic Ferret (Mustela furo). Dingo is included as Canis familiaris.
Download the latest ungulate checklist in Excel (as at September 2024): follows the MDD v1.13 but excluding several domestic species.
I developed this checklist after discussions in 2014 on the community forum. It remains a work in progress and I update it every 12 months or so. The checklist started life based on the IUCN’s Red List data but it now follows the American Society of Mammalogists’ Mammal Diversity Database (MDD) which is more up-to-date than most of the IUCN lists and has become the gold standard of mammal taxonomy. The two lists differ only in their coverage of extinct species, which the MDD include and I have not.
Domestic Species
Like the MDD I include domestic species in my global list. I personally count these when they are living wild (feral). I followed a different route for the the league table lists covering different mammalian orders and families where I have removed domestic species. So, for example, domestic (feral) cat is no longer on the cat list, and domestic cattle, sheep and pigs and others are not on the ungulate list.
Primates
The primate league table list follows the IUCN’s primate taxonomy. It is a little different to the MDD list, though it is kept up-to-date. Some of the world’s top primate listers follow this taxonomy and so I use it here for the primate league table. Not ideal, but the global and primate league are different competitions and so different rules can apply.
None of these lists is perfect, and I know not everyone will agree. So I am sure many will continue to follow their own favourite taxonomies. Please send comments to me or post them on the forum.
The global list spreadsheet details changes since the previous version. The Mammal Diversity site also provide information on previous lists that they have used.
You can also record your mammal sightings with the excellent Scythebill listing software. It uses my global list as its mammal taxonomy.
Here is some interesting discussion on differing taxonomies that influenced the presentation of this list. And here is more.