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Hesperomys Project v25.3.0
<p>An export of data from the <a href="https://hesperomys.com">Hesperomys Project.</a> 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:</p> <ul> <li>Taxonomic classification for all mammals, living and extinct</li> <li>References to original citations for the vast majority of names</li> <li>Type specimens and type localities for numerous names</li> </ul> <p>The full database is available online at hesperomys.com. This export contains:</p> <ul> <li>name.csv: Data on names, including taxonomic context, authority, citation, type locality, type specimen, and classification of the etymology.</li> <li>taxon.csv: Data on taxa, including classification and authority</li> <li>collection.csv: Data on collections that contain type specimens, including name, location, and number of type specimens in the database</li> <li>ce.csv: Data on published classifications that have been imported into the database</li> </ul> <p>The code used to generate the exports is on <a href="https://github.com/JelleZijlstra/taxonomy/blob/9a68bec908264ddfcb1d623b4c427ebfb689396f/taxonomy/db/export.py">GitHub</a>.</p> <p>Some previous releases are in separate Zenodo records:</p> <ul> <li>23.2.0 (https://zenodo.org/records/7654755)</li> <li>23.3.0 (https://zenodo.org/records/7730954)</li> <li>23.6.0 (https://zenodo.org/records/8049254)</li> <li>23.8.0 (https://zenodo.org/records/8260038)</li> <li>23.8.1 (https://zenodo.org/records/8298623)</li> <li>24.1.0 (https://zenodo.org/records/10481656)</li> <li>24.4.0 (https://zenodo.org/records/10969300)</li> </ul> <p>Future releases will be published as new versions of this record. Release notes for each release are available <a href="http://hesperomys.com/docs/release-notes">on hesperomys.com.</a></p>
Hesperomys Project v23.3.0
<p>An export of data from the <a href="https://hesperomys.com">Hesperomys Project</a> version 23.3.0. 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:</p> <ul> <li>Taxonomic classification for all mammals, living and extinct</li> <li>References to original citations for the vast majority of names</li> <li>Type specimens and type localities for numerous names</li> </ul> <p>The full database is available online at hesperomys.com. This export contains:</p> <ul> <li>name.csv: Data on names, including taxonomic context, authority, citation, type locality, type specimen, and classification of the etymology.</li> <li>taxon.csv: Data on taxa, including classification and authority</li> <li>collection.csv: Data on collections that contain type specimens, including name, location, and number of type specimens in the database</li> </ul> <p>The code used to generate the exports is on <a href="https://github.com/JelleZijlstra/taxonomy/blob/9a68bec908264ddfcb1d623b4c427ebfb689396f/taxonomy/db/export.py">GitHub</a>.</p> <p>Release notes for version 23.3.0:</p> <ul> <li>Database <ul> <li>Incorporate some data from the African Chiroptera Database (thanks to Victor Van Cakenberghe).</li> <li>Incorporate many missed names from the Mammal Diversity Database (with more to come)</li> <li>Add SMF mammalian type specimens from a type catalog I located.</li> <li>Various new data, including some additional original citations and a few new species.</li> </ul> </li> <li>Backend <ul> <li>Add the ability to associate type catalogs and collection databases with Collection objects.</li> <li>Add the ability to link to collection database entries for type specimens.</li> <li>Support name aliases, in order to provide more familiar citation forms for some personal names. This feature is not yet widely used.</li> </ul> </li> <li>Frontend <ul> <li>Add bibliographic notes on <em>Zoology of the Erebus and Terror</em> and <em>Histoire naturelle des Mammifères</em>.</li> <li>Add new pages on data sources and scores.</li> </ul> </li> </ul>
Hesperomys Project v23.6.0
<p>An export of data from the <a href="https://hesperomys.com">Hesperomys Project</a> version 23.6.0. 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:</p> <ul> <li>Taxonomic classification for all mammals, living and extinct</li> <li>References to original citations for the vast majority of names</li> <li>Type specimens and type localities for numerous names</li> </ul> <p>The full database is available online at hesperomys.com. This export contains:</p> <ul> <li>name.csv: Data on names, including taxonomic context, authority, citation, type locality, type specimen, and classification of the etymology.</li> <li>taxon.csv: Data on taxa, including classification and authority</li> <li>collection.csv: Data on collections that contain type specimens, including name, location, and number of type specimens in the database</li> </ul> <p>The code used to generate the exports is on <a href="https://github.com/JelleZijlstra/taxonomy/blob/9a68bec908264ddfcb1d623b4c427ebfb689396f/taxonomy/db/export.py">GitHub</a>.</p> <p>Release notes for version 23.6.0:</p> <ul> <li>Database <ul> <li>Add numerous new names and recently published articles. Since the previous release,<br> 1226 additional names and 1450 additional articles have been added.</li> <li>Add given names or initials for a number of name authors that were given only as<br> family names.</li> <li>Remove about 200 duplicate articles</li> <li>Remove some duplicate names, mostly in the turtles</li> <li>Remove uses of the legacy "dubious" status</li> <li>Fix some incorrect parent taxa</li> <li>Add numerous new fossil taxa based on the recent literature</li> <li>Further taxonomic changes for extant mammals for alignment with the MDD</li> <li>Simplify the treatment of justified emendations, using two names instead of three</li> <li>Change many _page_described_fields to follow a more consistent format</li> </ul> </li> <li>Backend <ul> <li>Further checks for publication dates. Distinguish between "parts" (separately<br> published portions of a larger work) and "chapters" (simultaneously published<br> portions of a larger work, usually with different authorship). Enforce that chapters<br> have the same publication date as their enclosing work. Allow ranges of years (e.g.,<br> "1848-1852") only for works composed of parts, not for names or for other kinds of<br> works.</li> <li>More sophisticated processing and validation of LSIDs in order to display correct<br> publication dates.</li> <li>Enforce that the <em>page_described</em> and <em>original_rank</em> fields are set for all names<br> with original citations.</li> <li>Add new nomenclature statuses to distinguish between unpublished names, separating<br> out "unpublished_thesis" (unpublished because named in a thesis),<br> "unpublished_electronic" (named in an electronic work that does not fulfill the<br> ICZN's criteria for publication), "unpublished_supplement" (named in electronic<br> supplementary material only), and "unpublished_pending" (not yet available, but<br> expected to be made available by print publication).</li> </ul> </li> <li>Frontend <ul> <li>Better ordering for various lists of names and articles (e.g., ordering by page)</li> </ul> </li> </ul>
Hesperomys Project v23.8.1
<p>An export of data from the <a href="https://hesperomys.com">Hesperomys Project</a> version 23.8.1. 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:</p> <ul> <li>Taxonomic classification for all mammals, living and extinct</li> <li>References to original citations for the vast majority of names</li> <li>Type specimens and type localities for numerous names</li> </ul> <p>The full database is available online at hesperomys.com. This export contains:</p> <ul> <li>name.csv: Data on names, including taxonomic context, authority, citation, type locality, type specimen, and classification of the etymology.</li> <li>taxon.csv: Data on taxa, including classification and authority</li> <li>collection.csv: Data on collections that contain type specimens, including name, location, and number of type specimens in the database</li> </ul> <p>The code used to generate the exports is on <a href="https://github.com/JelleZijlstra/taxonomy/blob/9a68bec908264ddfcb1d623b4c427ebfb689396f/taxonomy/db/export.py">GitHub</a>.</p> <p>Release notes for version 23.8.1:</p> <ul> <li>Database <ul> <li>Add numerous additional links to type specimen catalog entries, primarily for US collections found in <a href="http://www.vertnet.org/index.html">VertNet</a>. About 37% of names in the database with type specimens now have a link to an online collection database.</li> <li>Add and update some additional type specimens.</li> </ul> </li> <li>Backend <ul> <li>Add support for "extra" and "future" catalog numbers on type specimens.</li> <li>Require that type specimen links from a particular collection follow a fixed prefix</li> <li>Support marking fields on tags as required or not. Fixes a bug where some name pages (those that have lectotype/neotype designations for which no source has been recorded) failed to render.</li> </ul> </li> <li>Frontend <ul> <li>Add total counts to all lists.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p> </p>
Hesperomys Project v24.4.0
<p>An export of data from the <a href="https://hesperomys.com/">Hesperomys Project</a> version 24.4.0. 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:</p> <ul> <li>Taxonomic classification for all mammals, living and extinct</li> <li>References to original citations for the vast majority of names</li> <li>Type specimens and type localities for numerous names</li> </ul> <p>The full database is available online at hesperomys.com. This export contains:</p> <ul> <li>name.csv: Data on names, including taxonomic context, authority, citation, type locality, type specimen, and classification of the etymology.</li> <li>taxon.csv: Data on taxa, including classification and authority</li> <li>collection.csv: Data on collections that contain type specimens, including name, location, and number of type specimens in the database</li> </ul> <p>The code used to generate the exports is on <a href="https://github.com/JelleZijlstra/taxonomy/blob/9a68bec908264ddfcb1d623b4c427ebfb689396f/taxonomy/db/export.py">GitHub</a>.</p> <p>Release notes for version 24.4.0:</p> <p>This release focuses on compatibility with the Mammal Diversity Database (MDD) and improved automatic data extraction. More than a third of names are now linked directly to pages in the Biodiversity Heritage Library.</p> <ul> <li>Database <ul> <li>Fix species assignment for many extant mammal names based on comparisons with data from the MDD. The database's classification for extant mammals now exactly matches the MDD (except for new changes that have not been published in the MDD's latest release yet).</li> <li>Set more precise page numbers instead of page ranges for a few dozen names.</li> <li>Add coverage of Cynognathia, a group of Triassic cynodonts closely related to mammals.</li> <li>Add full authority citations for many more names, notably including many publishedin the publications of the Geological Survey of India and many with type specimens in the ZMMU.</li> <li>Set the <em>page_described</em> field for several thousand more names.</li> <li>Move to a more consistent format for type specimens. All type specimen references now start with the institution code.</li> <li>Mark numerous names as junior homonyms.</li> <li>Add links to many more citations (primarily in the Biodiversity Heritage Library).</li> <li>Add direct page links to original citations in over 30,000 names.</li> <li>Add a few hundred more type locality coordinates and correct more than a hundred incorrect coordinates.</li> </ul> </li> <li>Backend <ul> <li>Add support for ORCID identifiers (though they are currently set for very few people)</li> <li>Enforce that collection labels consist only of letters and that type specimen references start with the corresponding collection label</li> <li>Automatically detect species-group homonyms. Distinguish between primary and secondary homonyms.</li> <li>Revamp system for computing the nomenclatural status of names.</li> <li>Fill the citation group column for names with a checked original citation in the exported data.</li> <li>Add support for linking names directly to an online resource (primarily the Biodiversity Heritage Library).</li> <li>Check that type locality coordinates are in the right country.</li> </ul> </li> <li>Frontend <ul> <li>Add option to show names in a taxon that are missing a field.</li> <li>Add tool for finding homonyms in the species group.</li> <li>Add frontend support for new information (authority page links and PhyloCode numbers on names; bibliographic notes and alternative URLs on articles; comments on citation groups).</li> <li>List basal, incertae sedis, and dubious child taxa separately.</li> </ul> </li> <li>Exported files <ul> <li>Add page links and type specimen links to Name export files.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p>Thanks to Rudolf Haslauer, Severin Uebbing, and especially Connor Burgin for supplying information and literature.</p>
Hesperomys Project v23.8.0
<p>An export of data from the <a href="https://hesperomys.com">Hesperomys Project</a> version 23.8.0. 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:</p> <ul> <li>Taxonomic classification for all mammals, living and extinct</li> <li>References to original citations for the vast majority of names</li> <li>Type specimens and type localities for numerous names</li> </ul> <p>The full database is available online at hesperomys.com. This export contains:</p> <ul> <li>name.csv: Data on names, including taxonomic context, authority, citation, type locality, type specimen, and classification of the etymology.</li> <li>taxon.csv: Data on taxa, including classification and authority</li> <li>collection.csv: Data on collections that contain type specimens, including name, location, and number of type specimens in the database</li> </ul> <p>The code used to generate the exports is on <a href="https://github.com/JelleZijlstra/taxonomy/blob/9a68bec908264ddfcb1d623b4c427ebfb689396f/taxonomy/db/export.py">GitHub</a>.</p> <p>Release notes for version 23.8.0:</p> <ul> <li>Database <ul> <li>Add issue numbers to several hundred articles (mostly in <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History</em> and <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London</em>). Correct a few publication dates and issue numbers.</li> <li>Add original citations for all names described in the <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society</em>.</li> <li>Add a few dozen missing type localities for synonyms of extant mammal species.</li> <li>Add numerous additional type specimens for extant mammals, based mostly on online collection databases.</li> <li>Add thousands of links to type specimen catalog entries, mostly in <a href="http://localhost:8080/c/BMNH_(mammals)">BMNH</a>, <a href="http://localhost:8080/c/MNHN_(ZM)">MNHN</a>, and <a href="http://localhost:8080/c/MCZ_(Mammalogy)">MCZ</a>.</li> <li>Numerous new taxonomic changes and newly examined old literature.</li> </ul> </li> <li>Backend <ul> <li>Add capability to mark the former repository of a type specimen (see e.g. <a href="http://localhost:8080/c/FMSM">FMSM</a>).</li> <li>Enforce a consistent format for the type specimen field.</li> <li>Add the capability to enforce a more precise format for individual collections.</li> <li>Enforce that names have only one value for e.g. the "age" tag for type specimens.</li> <li>Use the "IssueDate" mechanism to infer what issue papers were published in.</li> </ul> </li> <li>Frontend <ul> <li>Add new page listing the newest additions to the database (e.g., <a href="http://localhost:8080/new/n">new names</a>).</li> </ul> </li> </ul>
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