A large group of experts who compiled species profiles and range maps for the Handbook of the Mammals of the World (HMW) digitally collected all mammal ranges on the Map of Life portal (https://mol.org). This was reported by the Institute of Problems of Ecology and Evolution (IPEE) them. A.N. Severtsov of the Russian Academy of Sciences on his website.
“The list of species (6362 species) is synchronized with the Mammal Diversity Database. Maps are available for visual analysis and download.
According to experts, no global biodiversity research is possible without knowledge of the ranges of biological species. At the same time, this knowledge is based on fragmentary information.
“The restoration of complete range maps today is an expert work, regardless of whether or not an expert is involved in the mathematical apparatus for the analysis of ranges. Such work is especially difficult in the case of secretive species, to which, undoubtedly, most mammals belong,” the IPEE noted.
According to the institute, the team of authors of this work included a senior researcher at the Laboratory of Microevolution of Mammals, Ph.D. A.A. Lisovsky and Senior Researcher, Laboratory of Population Ecology, Ph.D. B.I. Sheftel.
The paper compares several global datasets on mammals and analyzes maps of global species abundance.
“Digital data on the ranges of all mammalian species, prepared according to a single scheme, can be used for global or local zoogeographic research in the field of conservation of biological species, not to mention its informational value for a wide range of zoologists,” the IPEE stressed.
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