Philippine Mammals - Procedures

As with our prior checklists (Heaney et al., 1987, 1998), this synopsis is intended as a working list of the mammals of the Philippines. We have not provided full taxonomic synonymies; earlier papers (Alcasid, 1970; Taylor, 1934) should be consulted for this information. We have used Mammal Species of the World (Wilson and Reeder, eds., 2005) as our starting point for both species names, taxonomic authorities, and for higher categories.

We have not included mention of subspecies designations in this list for two reasons. First, the use of subspecies names implies detailed knowledge of geographic variation. Such information is rarely available for Philippine mammals, and virtually all subspecies names now in use need to be critically reevaluated. Second, we believe that use of subspecies would distract the reader from more crucial issues of general distribution and conservation status.
    

Existing URL: http://archive.fieldmuseum.org/philippine_mammals/introduction.asp