Hesperomys Project v26.9.0

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Authors: Jelle S. Zijlstra
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Abstract

An export of data from the Hesperomys Project. The Hesperomys Project is a database of taxonomy and nomenclature, focused on mammals but also covering some other groups, principally other fossil tetrapods. The database contains information such as: Taxonomic classification for all mammals, living and extinct References to original citations for the vast majority of names Type specimens and type localities for numerous names The full database is available online at hesperomys.com. This export contains: name.csv: Data on names, including taxonomic context, authority, citation, type locality, type specimen, and classification of the etymology. taxon.csv: Data on taxa, including classification and authority collection.csv: Data on collections that contain type specimens, including name, location, and number of type specimens in the database ce.csv: Data on published classifications that have been imported into the database references.csv: Bibliographic information for papers used to create the database. The code used to generate the exports is on GitHub. Some previous releases are in separate Zenodo records: 23.2.0 (https://zenodo.org/records/7654755) 23.3.0 (https://zenodo.org/records/7730954) 23.6.0 (https://zenodo.org/records/8049254) 23.8.0 (https://zenodo.org/records/8260038) 23.8.1 (https://zenodo.org/records/8298623) 24.1.0 (https://zenodo.org/records/10481656) 24.4.0 (https://zenodo.org/records/10969300) Future releases will be published as new versions of this record. Release notes for each release are available on hesperomys.com.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Evolution and Paleontology Studies Morphological variations and asymmetry Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography

Publication details

Journal / source
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Publication date
21 September 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Dataset