Expert range maps of global mammal distributions harmonised to three taxonomic authorities.
Charles J MarshYanina V SicaConnor J BurginWendy A DormanRobert C AndersonIsabel Del Toro MijaresJessica G VigneronVijay BarveVictoria L DombrowikMichelle DuongRobert GuralnickJulie A HartJ Krish MaypoleKira McCallAjay RanipetaAnna SchuerkmannMichael A TorselliThomas LacherRussell A MittermeierAnthony B RylandsWes SechrestDon E WilsonAgustín M AbbaLuis F AguirreJoaquín Arroyo-CabralesDiego AstúaAndrew M BakerGill BraulikJanet K BraunJorge BritoPeter E BusherSantiago F BurneoM Alejandra CamachoPaolo CavalliniElisandra de Almeida ChiquitoJoseph A CookTamás CserkészGábor CsorbaErika Cuéllar SotoValéria da Cunha TavaresTim R B DavenportThomas DeméréChristiane DenysChristopher R DickmanMark D B EldridgeEduardo Fernandez-DuqueCharles M FrancisGreta FrankhamWilliam L FranklinThales FreitasJ Anthony FriendElizabeth L GadsbyGuilherme Siniciato Terra GarbinoPhilippe GaubertNorberto GianniniThomas GiarlaJason S GilchristJaime GongoraSteven M GoodmanSharon Gursky-DoyenKlaus HackländerMark S HafnerMelissa HawkinsKristofer M HelgenSteven HeritageArlo HinckleyStefan HintscheMary HoldenKay E HolekampRodney L HoneycuttBrent A HuffmanTatyana HumleRainer HuttererCarlos Ibáñez UlarguiStephen M JacksonJan JaneckaMary JaneckaPaula JenkinsRimvydas JuškaitisJavier JusteRoland KaysC William KilpatrickTigga KingstonJohn L KoprowskiBoris KryštufekTyrone LaveryThomas E LeeYuri L R LeiteRoberto Leonan M NovaesBurton K LimAndrey LissovskyRaquel López-AntoñanzasAdrià López-BaucellsColin D MacLeodFiona G MaiselsMichael A MaresHelene MarshStefano MattioliErik MeijaardAra MonadjemF Blake MortonGrace MusserTilo NadlerRyan W NorrisAgustina OjedaNicté Ordóñez-GarzaUlyses F J PardiñasBruce D PattersonAna PavanMichael PennayCalebe PereiraJoyce PradoHelder L QueirozMatthew RichardsonErin P RileyStephen J RossiterDaniel I RubensteinDennisse RuelasJorge Salazar-BravoStéphanie Schai-BraunCody J SchankChristoph SchwitzerLori K SheeranMyron ShekelleGeorgy ShenbrotPipat SoisookSergio SolariRichard SouthgateMariella SuperinaAndrew B TaberMaurício TalebiPeter TaylorThong Vu DinhNelson TingDiego G TiriraSusan TsangSamuel T TurveyRaul ValdezVictor Van CakenbergheGeraldine VeronJanette WallisRod WellsDanielle WhittakerElizabeth A WilliamsonGeorge WittemyerJohn WoinarskiDietmar ZinnerNathan S UphamWalter JetzPublished in: Journal of biogeography (2022)
Expert maps of species' global distributions are limited in their spatial detail and temporal specificity, but form a useful basis for broad-scale characterizations and model-based integration with other data. We provide georeferenced range maps for the native ranges of all extant mammal species as shapefiles, with species-level metadata and source information packaged together in geodatabase format. Across the three taxonomic sources our maps entail, there are 1784 taxonomic name differences compared to the maps currently available on the IUCN Red List website. The expert maps provided here are harmonised to the MDD taxonomic authority and linked to a community of online tools that will enable transparent future updates and version control.