Catalogue of the type-specimens of mammals in the United States National Museum, including the Biological Survey collection

Lyon, Marcus Ward; Osgood, Wilfred Hudson

doi:10.5479/si.03629236.62.i

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“…Of course, the number of type specimens in the mammal collection continues to grow, issuing both from new expeditions that document previously undescribed mammal taxa and from new research in the field of mammalian systematics. Following the precedent set by the two preceding catalogs of USNM mammal types (Lyon and Osgood, 1909;Poole and Schantz, 1942), this current series exemplifies that collaborative nature of biological research among authors from the U.S. Geological Survey (Fisher) and the Smithsonian Institution (Ludwig), who have long cooperated to help ensure the proper stewardship of the National Collections of Mammals.…”

Section: Smithsonian Contributions To Anthropology Smithsonian Contrimentioning

confidence: 99%

“…[Lyon and Osgood (1909:26) Type Locality: Guatemala. Remarks: Hershkovitz (1954:490) restricted the type locality to the Pacific Slope of Guatemala and incorrectly cited Poole and Schantz (1942:233) for the lectotype designation when, in fact, Poole and Schantz (1942) had simply restated Lyon and Osgood (1909). …”

Section: Elasmognathus Dowii Gillmentioning

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“…Any one of the multiple specimens on which a species-group name is equally based when no holotype was specified in the original publication and no subsequent designation of a lectotype has been published (Article 73.2). Syntypes are referred to as cotypes in Lyon and Osgood (1909) and Poole and Schantz (1942) as well as in other early literature.…”

Section: Categories Of Name-bearing Types Includedmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It follows the recently published Fisher and Ludwig (2012;843 specimens reported for the order Rodentia, suborders Sciuromorpha and Castorimorpha), Fisher and Ludwig (2014;971 specimens reported for the order Rodentia, suborders Myomorpha, Anomaluromorpha, and Hystricomorpha), and Fisher and Ludwig (2015; 841 specimens reported for the orders Didelphimorphia through Chiroptera, excluding Rodentia). Together, these four publications represent the third complete type catalog of USNM mammals published to date, following Lyon and Osgood (1909;1,415 specimens reported) and Poole and Schantz (1942;2,824 specimens reported). We continue to deviate from both Lyon and Osgood (1909) and Poole and Schantz (1942) and follow the precedent set by the NMNH Division of Fishes (Vari and Howe, 1991) and Division of Amphibians and Reptiles (Reynolds et al, 2007), as continued by Fisher and Ludwig (2012, in which the type collection is divided into smaller, more manageable taxonomic reports, rather than addressed in a single monograph.…”

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“…Together, these four publications represent the third complete type catalog of USNM mammals published to date, following Lyon and Osgood (1909;1,415 specimens reported) and Poole and Schantz (1942;2,824 specimens reported). We continue to deviate from both Lyon and Osgood (1909) and Poole and Schantz (1942) and follow the precedent set by the NMNH Division of Fishes (Vari and Howe, 1991) and Division of Amphibians and Reptiles (Reynolds et al, 2007), as continued by Fisher and Ludwig (2012, in which the type collection is divided into smaller, more manageable taxonomic reports, rather than addressed in a single monograph.…”

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2016

Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology

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2016

Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology

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Taxonomic revision of the dolphin genusLagenorhynchus

Vollmer

Ashe²,

Brownell

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Evolutionary relationships among cetaceans within the family Delphinidae have been difficult to resolve due to the high number of species and their relatively rapid radiation. This is the case for the dolphin species currently placed in the genus Lagenorhynchus, and their relations to Cephalorhynchus and Lissodelphis species. Phylogenetic relationships among these species have been investigated using multiple lines of evidence, and that evidence consistently suggests that the six species currently assigned to Lagenorhynchus do not form a monophyletic group. Here, we summarize findings from studies of morphology, genetics, historical biogeography, and acoustics that offer insight into the phylogenetics of these taxa. We present the taxonomic basis for revision of Lagenorhynchus, propose retention of Lagenorhynchus albirostris and reassignment of the remaining five species into other existing generic names, namely Leucopleurus acutus, Sagmatias australis, Sagmatias cruciger, Sagmatias obliquidens, and Sagmatias obscurus. Making these revisions now so that the taxonomy better reflects evolutionary relationships among these species will ensure that future studies include the most appropriate taxa for investigating the 1 957 complex phylogenetic and systematic relationships among cetaceans. However, comprehensive analyses using multiple lines of evidence are still needed to clarify the phylogenetic relationships within and among the Lissodelphininae genera Cephalorhynchus, Lissodelphis, and Sagmatias.

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A Second Endemic Land Mammal for the Hawaiian Islands: A New Genus and Species of Fossil Bat (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)

Ziegler

Howarth

Simmons

2016

American Museum Novitates

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Located over 3800 km from the nearest continent, the Hawaiian Islands have previously been thought to support only one endemic land mammal, the extant Hawaiian hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus semotus), a taxon that apparently initially dispersed from mainland North America between 10,000 and 7000 years ago. Some uncertainty exists regarding the status of this taxon (i.e., whether or not populations representing more recent invasions of L. cinereus from North America are exchanging genes with the older lineage, and whether or not semotus represents a distinct species), but all researchers agree that hoary bats are the only endemic land mammals extant in the islands today. However, fossil evidence indicates that the Hawaiian Islands once supported another quite different endemic bat species that is now extinct. Skeletal remains of a new genus and species of vespertilionid bat are herein described from various Late Pleistocene and Holocene/Recent deposits on the five largest Hawaiian Islands. The new taxon is diagnosed by a mosaic of features including dental formula, molar morphology, skull shape, and metacarpal formula. This new taxon, which is smaller than Hawaiian hoary bat, was apparently present in the Hawaiian Islands by 320,000 years b.p. and survived until at least 1100 years ago and possibly much later. Accordingly, two species of bats coexisted on the Hawaiian Islands for several thousand years. As with numerous extinct endemic bird species, the extinction of the new bat taxon described here may have resulted either directly or indirectly from human colonization of the islands and the invasive nonnative species that came with human explorers and settlers.

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Catalogue of the type-specimens of mammals in the United States National Museum, including the Biological Survey collection

Cited by 15 publications

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Catalog of Type Specimens of Recent Mammals: Orders Carnivora, Perissodactyla, Artiodactyla, and Cetacea in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Catalog of Type Specimens of Recent Mammals: Orders Carnivora, Perissodactyla, Artiodactyla, and Cetacea in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Taxonomic revision of the dolphin genusLagenorhynchus

A Second Endemic Land Mammal for the Hawaiian Islands: A New Genus and Species of Fossil Bat (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)

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