Wikipedia:WikiProject Mammals
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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/or would like to help, please see below and inquire on the talk page.
- Our goals
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- 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?
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- 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
[edit]Today's featured articles
Did you know
- 22 Jul 2026 – Lin Bing (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by OpalYosutebito (t · c); see discussion
- 20 Jul 2026 – Otters in Singapore (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Chipmunkdavis (t · c); see discussion
- 17 Jul 2026 – Panda pornography (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by OpalYosutebito (t · c); see discussion
Categories for discussion
- 21 Jul 2026 – Category:Fictional weasels (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by (Oinkers42) (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Jul 2026 – Category:Fictional hedgehogs (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Jul 2026 – Category:Fictional red pandas (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Jul 2026 – Category:Fictional musteloids (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion
Featured list candidates
- 22 Jun 2026 – List of murines (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by PresN (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 17 Jul 2026 – Monkey hate (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by OpalYosutebito (t · c); start discussion
- 28 Jun 2026 – Research history of Anoplotherium (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PrimalMustelid (t · c); start discussion
- 28 Jun 2026 – Anoplotheriidae (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PrimalMustelid (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Jun 2026 – Lophiodon (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PrimalMustelid (t · c); start discussion
- 07 Dec 2025 – Choeropotamus (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PrimalMustelid (t · c); start discussion
- 17 Jul 2026 – Lin Bing (talk · edit · hist) GA nominated by OpalYosutebito (t · c) was promoted, see discussion
- 15 Jul 2026 – Rosa (sea otter) (talk · edit · hist) GA nominated by Dragonhawk12 (t · c) was promoted, see discussion
Featured list removal candidates
- 23 Jun 2026 – List of mammals of Korea (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for FL removal by EmergentAnarchy (t · c); see discussion
Peer reviews
- 17 Jun 2026 – White-faced spiny tree-rat (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Reconrabbit (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 01 Jul 2026 – Lutrogale (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Lutra (Lutrogale) by コロネン (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Jul 2026 – Lutra (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Lutra (Lutra) by コロネン (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Jul 2026 – Aonyx (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Lutra (Aonyx) by コロネン (t · c); see discussion
- 13 Jul 2026 – Red Ghost (folklore) (talk · edit · hist) move request to Red Ghost by Zxcvbnm (t · c) was not moved; 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
- 17 Jul 2026 – Draft:Remembering Wildlife (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Meep 2026 (t · c)
Editing activity
[edit]These are the articles that have been edited the most within the last seven days. Last updated 17 February 2026.
Edits made within the table area will be removed on the next update!
| Edits | Article | Rating |
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| 93 | Jimothy (raccoon) | Start |
| 38 | List of museums and colleges with mastodon fossils on display | List |
| 27 | Arabian red fox | Start |
| 17 | Coati | Start |
| 17 | Red fox | GA |
| 16 | List of rodents | List |
| 15 | 2026 in paleomammalogy | List |
| 13 | Cuvieronius | C |
| 13 | Lin Bing | GA |
| 12 | List of carnivorans by population | List |
| 12 | Tatra marmot | B |
∑ 11 items | Query runtime: 3.55 s | Last updated: 01:25, 28 July 2026 (UTC)
Subprojects and work group
[edit]- 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
[edit]Guidelines
[edit]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[1] whereas the print edition lists seven.[2])
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]
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- ^ "Mammal Species of the World - Browse: alpinus". www.departments.bucknell.edu.
- ^ Wozencraft, C. W. (2005). "Order Carnivora". In Wilson, D. E.; Reader, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Vol. 1 (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 578. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0.