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Mammal Diversity Database
Extracted from the Wikipedia article American Society of Mammalogists.
Mammal Diversity Database
Since 2018, the American Society of Mammalogists has maintained the Mammal Diversity Database, an online checklist of mammal species. The database is maintained by the ASM Biodiversity Committee and "aims to provide a continuously updated listing of the world's mammal species and higher taxa." The latest update (version 2.2) was released on June 13, 2025, and lists 6,815 species placed in 1,359 genera, 167 families and 27 orders.