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

Featured article candidates

• 11 Mar 2025 – African striped weasel (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Olmagon (t · c); see discussion
• 27 Feb 2025 – Dusky dolphin (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by LittleJerry (t · c); see discussion

Featured list candidates

• 26 Feb 2025 – List of natalids (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by PresN (t · c); see discussion
• 17 Feb 2025 – List of phyllostomids (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by PresN (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

• 10 Mar 2025 – Riverine rabbit (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Reconrabbit (t · c); start discussion
• 04 Mar 2025 – Omilteme cottontail (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Reconrabbit (t · c); see discussion
• 08 Feb 2025 – Arundelconodon (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by An anonymous username, not my real name (t · c); start discussion
• 07 Feb 2025 – Amphimerycidae (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PrimalMustelid (t · c); start discussion
• 07 Feb 2025 – Pseudamphimeryx (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PrimalMustelid (t · c); start discussion
• 07 Feb 2025 – Amphimeryx (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PrimalMustelid (t · c); start discussion
• 12 Mar 2025 – Manchurian hare (talk · edit · hist) GA nominated by Reconrabbit (t · c) was promoted by Generalissima (t · c), see discussion

Peer reviews

• 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

• 13 Feb 2025 – Thylacosmiliformes (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Sparassodonta by Hemiauchenia (t · c); see discussion
• 25 Jan 2025 – Calamian treeshrew (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Palawan treeshrew by UtherSRG (t · c); see discussion
• 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 Mar 2025 – Draft:Mexican Raccoon (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) (t · c) was accepted to Mexican raccoon (talk · edit · hist) by Rambley (t · c) on 13 Mar 2025

Editing activity

57 edits	Dusky dolphin
28 edits	Manchurian hare
20 edits	Mexican raccoon
10 edits	Tehuantepec jackrabbit
9 edits	Pudella
9 edits	Eusmilus
8 edits	Cuscus
8 edits	Northern white rhinoceros
7 edits	Human
7 edits	Chinchilla

These are the articles that have been edited the most within the last three days. Last updated 14 March 2025 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]