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    "version": "mdd-iran-2-full",
    "updated": "2026-08-24",
    "note": "210 گونه با حضور تأییدشده در ایران، استخراج‌شده از دیتاست رسمی Mammal Diversity Database (MDD) توسط mdd_iran_to_json.py — دستی ویرایش نکنید. هر رکورد تقریباً تمام ۵۲ ستون CSV رسمی MDD را حمل می‌کند: رده‌بندی کامل، محل/نوع نمونه‌ی تیپ، نام‌های مترادف، یادداشت رده‌بندی و پراکنش، و شناسه‌ی متقابل با CMW/MSW3 — به‌علاوه‌ی پیوند مستقیم به رکورد اصلی در mammaldiversity.org. 8 گونه‌ی دیگر در MDD با علامت «؟» (حضور نامطمئن) مشخص شده‌اند و عمداً از این فهرست کنار گذاشته شدند. نام فارسی فقط برای 53 گونه پر شده؛ برای بقیه، به‌جای حدس زدن، خالی گذاشته شده تا بعداً توسط متخصص تکمیل شود. پراکنش در سطح استان در MDD موجود نیست.",
    "source": "Mammal Diversity Database (MDD), https://www.mammaldiversity.org"
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          "kusira Trouessart, 1905 [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
          "lalandei Trouessart, 1905 [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
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          "not used as valid]",
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          "not used as valid]"
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        "taxonomyNotesCitation": "McGowen, M.R., Tsagkogeorga, G., Álvarez-Carretero, S., Reis, M. dos, Struebig, M., Deaville, R., Jepson, P.D., Jarman, S., Polanowski, A., Morin, P.A. and Rossiter, S.J. 2020. Phylogenomic resolution of the cetacean tree of life using target sequence capture. Systematic Biology 69(3):479-501. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syz068"
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          "scropha P. L. S. Müller, 1776 [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
          "aper Erxleben, 1777",
          "aper Boddaert, 1785 [preoccupied]",
          "setosus Boddaert, 1785 [nomen novum]",
          "ferus J. F. Gmelin, 1788",
          "fasciatus von Schreber, 1790",
          "hispidus von Schreber, 1790",
          "europaeus Pallas, 1811 [nomen novum]",
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          "typicus Lydekker, 1900 [nomen novum",
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          "raddeanus Adlerberg, 1930",
          "mosbachensis Küthe, 1933",
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        "taxonomyNotes": "wild form of S. domesticus; includes bucculentus; includes chirodontus, cristatus, davidi, leucomystax, moupinensis, taevanus, vittatus, and ussuricus, which were recognized as distinct species by Groves & Grubb 2011; also includes bucculentus; for additional information regarding the MDD's decision to not follow the Groves & Grubb 2011 Ungulate Taxonomy, see 'Subjective decisions' on the 'About' tab",
        "taxonomyNotesCitation": "Gentry, A., Clutton-Brock, J. and Groves, C.P. 2004. The naming of wild animal species and their domestic derivatives. Journal of Archaeological Science 31(5):645-651. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2003.10.006|Robins, J.H., Ross, H.A., Allen, M.S. and Matisoo-Smith, E. 2006. _Sus bucculentus_ revisited. Nature 440(7086):E7. doi:10.1038/nature04770|Groves, C.P. and Grubb, P. 2011. Ungulate Taxonomy. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 309 pp. doi:10.56021/9781421400938|Meijaard, E. and Groves, C.P. 2013. New taxonomic proposals for the _Sus scrofa_ group in eastern Asia. Suiform Soundings 12(1):26-30. a#35684"
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        "taxonomyNotesCitation": "Rueness, E.K., Asmyhr, M.G., Sillero-Zubiri, C., Macdonald, D.W., Bekele, A., Atickem, A. and Stenseth, N.C. 2011. The cryptic African wolf: _Canis aureus lupaster_ is not a golden jackal and is not endemic to Egypt. PLoS ONE 6(1):e16385. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0016385|Viranta, S., Atickem, A., Werdelin, L. and Stenseth, N.Chr. 2017. Rediscovering a forgotten canid species. BMC Zoology 2(1):6. doi:10.1186/s40850-017-0015-0|Kojola, I., Henttonen, H., Heikkinen, S. and Ranc, N. 2024. Golden jackal expansion in northernmost Europe: records in Finland. Mammalian Biology 104(1):101-105. doi:10.1007/s42991-023-00382-3"
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          "preoccupied]",
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          "cubanenesis Wozencraft, 2005 [incorrect subsequent spelling",
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        "taxonomyNotesCitation": "Gentry, A., Clutton-Brock, J. and Groves, C.P. 2004. The naming of wild animal species and their domestic derivatives. Journal of Archaeological Science 31(5):645-651. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2003.10.006|vonHoldt, B.M., Cahill, J.A., Fan, Z.-x., Gronau, I., Robinson, J., Pollinger, J.P., Shapiro, B., Wall, J. and Wayne, R.K. 2016. Whole-genome sequence analysis shows that two endemic species of North American wolf are admixtures of the coyote and gray wolf. Science Advances 2(7):e1501714. doi:10.1126/sciadv.1501714|Viranta, S., Werhahn, G. and Machado, F.A. 2025. Morphometric evidence for the differentiation of the Himalayan wolf _Canis lupus chanco_ (Canidae; Carnivora). Mammal Research 70(2):195-203. doi:10.1007/s13364-025-00793-2"
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          "cyrenaica Festa, 1921",
          "rueppelii S. S. Flower, 1932 [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
          "ruppelli Pocock, 1934 [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
          "sabaea Pocock, 1934",
          "cufrana De Beaux, 1939",
          "rueppelli Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
          "rueppellii D. L. Harrison & P. J. J. Bates, 1991 [justified emendation]",
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          "vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758)",
          "karagan (Erxleben, 1777)",
          "caragan (E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1780) [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
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          "vulpis (J. E. Gray, 1821) [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
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          "montana (J. T. Pearson, 1836) [preoccupied]",
          "vulgaris S.D.W., 1836 [nomen novum]",
          "himalaica (W. Ogilby, 1837)",
          "nepalensis J. E. Gray, 1837",
          "dorsalis J. E. Gray, 1838",
          "japonicus (Temminck, 1839) [nomen nudum]",
          "cinerea C. H. Smith, 1840",
          "decassata C. H. Smith, 1840",
          "thaleb C. H. Smith, 1840",
          "atlantica (M. Wagner, 1841)",
          "hypomelas J. A. Wagner, 1841",
          "americana Lesson, 1842 [nomen novum]",
          "flavescens J. E. Gray, 1843",
          "japonicus (Temminck, 1843) [nomen nudum]",
          "melanogastra Bonaparte, 1845 [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
          "fossilis (Giebel, 1847) [preoccupied]",
          "himalahicus Lesson, 1847 [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
          "macroura S. F. Baird, 1852",
          "utah Audubon & Bachman, 1852",
          "griffithii E. Blyth, 1855",
          "leucopus E. Blyth, 1855",
          "meridionalis Fitzinger, 1855",
          "nipalensis E. Blyth, 1855 [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
          "pusilla E. Blyth, 1855",
          "algeriensis Loche, 1858",
          "griffithsii J. E. Gray, 1869 [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
          "japonica J. E. Gray, 1869",
          "hoole Swinhoe, 1871",
          "lineiventris Swinhoe, 1871",
          "melanotis (Severtzov, 1873) [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
          "beringiana (von Middendorff, 1875)",
          "persica Blanford, 1875",
          "fossilis Woldřich, 1878 [nomen nudum]",
          "macrurus F. W. True, 1885 [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
          "vafra Bangs, 1897",
          "deletrix Bangs, 1898",
          "rubricosa Bangs, 1898 [nomen novum]",
          "abietorum C. H. Merriam, 1900",
          "alascensis C. H. Merriam, 1900",
          "bangsi C. H. Merriam, 1900",
          "cascadensis C. H. Merriam, 1900",
          "harrimani C. H. Merriam, 1900",
          "kenaiensis C. H. Merriam, 1900",
          "necator C. H. Merriam, 1900",
          "regalis C. H. Merriam, 1900",
          "rubricatus G. S. Miller, 1900 [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
          "arabica O. Thomas, 1902 [preoccupied]",
          "splendens O. Thomas, 1902",
          "anadyrensis J. A. Allen, 1903",
          "alpherakyi Satunin, 1905",
          "kurdistanica Satunin, 1905",
          "waddelli Bonhote, 1905",
          "ichnusae G. S. Miller, 1907",
          "induta G. S. Miller, 1907",
          "silacea G. S. Miller, 1907",
          "aurantiolutea Matschie, 1908",
          "filchneri Matschie, 1908",
          "ladacensis Matschie, 1908",
          "tarimensis Matschie, 1908",
          "tschiliensis Matschie, 1908",
          "argentea E. Brass, 1911 [preoccupied]",
          "hispanica E. Brass, 1911",
          "hooly O. Thomas, 1911 [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
          "kamschadensis E. Brass, 1911",
          "pensylvaniae E. Brass, 1911",
          "septentrionalis E. Brass, 1911",
          "sitkaensis E. Brass, 1911",
          "virginiana E. Brass, 1911",
          "cinerascens Birula, 1913 [variety or form]",
          "caucasica Dinnik, 1914",
          "crymensis Brauner, 1914",
          "krimeamontana Brauner, 1914",
          "stepensis Brauner, 1914",
          "acaab Cabrera, 1916",
          "anatolica O. Thomas, 1920",
          "palaestina O. Thomas, 1920",
          "jakutensis Ognev, 1922",
          "kamtschatica Dybowski, 1922",
          "sibiricus Dybowski, 1922 [nomen nudum]",
          "ussuriensis Dybowski, 1922 [nomen nudum]",
          "diluta Ognev & Vorob'yev, 1923 [infrasubspecific]",
          "huli A. de C. Sowerby, 1923",
          "peculiosa Kishida, 1924",
          "schrencki Kishida, 1924",
          "splendidissima Kishida, 1924",
          "diluta Ognev, 1925",
          "alticola Ognev, 1926",
          "dolichocrania Ognev, 1926",
          "ferganensis Ognev, 1926 [infrasubspecific]",
          "ochroxantha Ognev, 1926",
          "pamirensis Ognev, 1926 [infrasubspecific]",
          "tobolica Ognev, 1926",
          "kiyomasai Kishida & Mori, 1929",
          "daurica Ognev, 1931",
          "pecuriosus Kishida & Mori, 1931 [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
          "griffithi Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
          "jacutensis Stroganov, 1962 [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
          "kasachstanica Tolstova & Lavarev, 1968",
          "toschii E. von Lehmann, 1969",
          "jansoni Bonifay, 1971",
          "hellenica Douma-Petridou & Ondrias, 1980",
          "ognevi Yudin, 1986",
          "schantarica Yudin, 1986",
          "kamtschadensis Wozencraft, 2005 [incorrect subsequent spelling",
          "not used as valid]",
          "kiyomassai Wozencraft, 2005 [incorrect subsequent spelling",
          "not used as valid]",
          "krymeamontana Wozencraft, 2005 [incorrect subsequent spelling",
          "not used as valid]",
          "pennsylvanicus Wozencraft, 2005 [incorrect subsequent spelling",
          "not used as valid]",
          "rubricos Wozencraft, 2005 [incorrect subsequent spelling",
          "not used as valid]",
          "schrenckii Wozencraft, 2005 [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
          "variegates Wozencraft, 2005 [incorrect subsequent spelling",
          "not used as valid]",
          "patwin Sacks, Statham, Perrine, Wisely, & Aubry, 2010"
        ],
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        "taxonomyNotes": "some publications have recognized two distinct species of red fox, V. vulpes from the Palearctic and northwestern Nearctic and V. fulva from the rest of the Nearctic; however, this arrangement leaves Palearctic V. vulpes paraphyletic, since some archaic clades of Palearctic red fox (from West Asia and North Africa primarily) are sister to the Eurasian + North American clades; the second North American species (fulva) is tentatively retained under V. vulpes here pending further studies investigating the position of the archaic Eurasian clades",
        "taxonomyNotesCitation": "Statham, M.J., Murdoch, J., Janecka, J., Aubry, K.B., Edwards, C.J., Soulsbury, C.D., Berry, O., Wang, Z.-h., Harrison, D., Pearch, M.J., Tomsett, L., Chupasko, J. and Sacks, B.N. 2014. Range-wide multilocus phylogeography of the red fox reveals ancient continental divergence, minimal genomic exchange and distinct demographic histories. Molecular Ecology 23(19):4813-4830. doi:10.1111/mec.12898|Sacks, B.N., Lounsberry, Z.T. and Statham, M.J. 2018. Nuclear genetic analysis of the red fox across its Trans-Pacific range. Journal of Heredity 109(5):573-584. doi:10.1093/jhered/esy028"
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          "vasarhelyi Wozencraft, 2005 [incorrect subsequent spelling",
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        "order": "Carnivora",
        "suborder": "Caniformia",
        "infraorder": "Arctoidea",
        "parvorder": "Ursida",
        "superfamily": null,
        "family": "Ursidae",
        "subfamily": "Ursinae",
        "tribe": null,
        "subtribe": null
      },
      "nomenclature": {
        "originalNameCombination": "Ursus Arctos",
        "authorityCitation": "Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.",
        "authorityLink": "https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033858",
        "nominalNames": [
          "arctos Linnaeus, 1758",
          "ursus Boddaert, 1772",
          "albus J. F. Gmelin, 1788 [preoccupied]",
          "fuscus J. F. Gmelin, 1788",
          "niger J. F. Gmelin, 1788",
          "variegatus J. F. Gmelin, 1788",
          "griseus Kerr, 1792",
          "rufus J. Wolf, 1796",
          "badius von Schrank, 1798",
          "arctor Treviranus, 1803 [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
          "fuscus Tiedemann, 1808 [nomen novum",
          "preoccupied]",
          "alpinus G. Fischer, 1814",
          "horribilis Ord, 1815",
          "ferox Rafinesque, 1817 [nomen nudum]",
          "priscus Goldfuss, 1818",
          "argenteus F. S. Voigt, 1819",
          "arctus Ranzani, 1820 [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
          "major S. Nilsson, 1820",
          "minor S. Nilsson, 1820",
          "cinereus A. G. Desmarest, 1821",
          "ferox A. G. Desmarest, 1821 [not used as valid]",
          "fossilis Goldfuss, 1821",
          "candescens C. H. Smith in Griffith, 1822",
          "griseus Choris, 1822 [preoccupied]",
          "collaris F. Cuvier in É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & F. Cuvier, 1824 [not published with a generic name]",
          "pyreniacus J. E. Gray, 1825",
          "annulatus Billberg, 1827",
          "argenteus Billberg, 1827 [preoccupied]",
          "brunneus Billberg, 1827",
          "collaris I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827",
          "isabellinus Horsfield, 1827",
          "myrmephagus Billberg, 1827",
          "pyrenaicus Lesson, 1827",
          "formicarius Billberg, 1828 [nomen novum]",
          "norvegicus J. B. Fischer, 1829",
          "syriacus Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1829",
          "falciger Reichenbach, 1836",
          "richardsoni Swainson, 1838",
          "cadaverinus Eversmann, 1840 [nomen novum]",
          "longirostris Eversmann, 1840 [not used as valid",
          "nomen novum",
          "preoccupied]",
          "pyrenaeus C. F. Cuvier, 1842 [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
          "crowtheri H. R. Schinz, 1844",
          "euryrhinus S. Nilsson, 1847",
          "beringianus von Middendorff, 1851",
          "kamtschatica von Middendorff, 1851 [not used as valid]",
          "meridionalis von Middendorff, 1851",
          "subfossilis von Middendorff, 1851 [nomen nudum]",
          "pruinosus E. Blyth, 1853",
          "aureus Fitzinger, 1855",
          "norwegicus Fitzinger, 1855 [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
          "piscator Pucheran, 1855",
          "horriaeus S. F. Baird, 1857",
          "planifrons Denny, 1864",
          "eversmanni (J. E. Gray, 1865)",
          "grandis J. E. Gray, 1865",
          "horriaceus J. E. Gray, 1865 [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
          "ildgeesdjur J. E. Gray, 1865 [infrasubspecific]",
          "normalis J. E. Gray, 1865 [nomen novum]",
          "polonicus J. E. Gray, 1865 [infrasubspecific]",
          "rossicus J. E. Gray, 1865 [nomen nudum",
          "infrasubspecific]",
          "scandinavicus J. E. Gray, 1865 [infrasubspecific]",
          "sibiricus J. E. Gray, 1865 [infrasubspecific]",
          "stenorostris J. E. Gray, 1865",
          "bourguignati Lartet, 1867",
          "faidherbianus Bourguignat, 1867",
          "lasiotus J. E. Gray, 1867",
          "lartetianus Bourguignat, 1868",
          "letourneuxianus Bourguignat, 1868",
          "pomelianus Bourguignat, 1868",
          "rouvieri Bourguignat, 1868",
          "tarandi O. Fraas, 1872",
          "leuconyx Severtzov, 1873",
          "hypernefes Przewalski, 1883 [not used as valid]",
          "lagomyiarius Przewalski, 1883",
          "alascensis C. H. Merriam, 1896",
          "californicus C. H. Merriam, 1896",
          "dalli C. H. Merriam, 1896",
          "middendorffi C. H. Merriam, 1896",
          "sitkensis C. H. Merriam, 1896",
          "arctus Lydekker, 1897 [unjustified emendation]",
          "libycus A. Pomel, 1897",
          "yesoensis Lydekker, 1897",
          "mandchuricus (Heude, 1898)",
          "melanarctos Heude, 1898",
          "procerus G. S. Miller, 1899",
          "cavifrons (Heude, 1901)",
          "gyas C. H. Merriam, 1902",
          "kidderi C. H. Merriam, 1902",
          "merriami J. A. Allen, 1902",
          "eulophus C. H. Merriam, 1904",
          "hylodromus D. G. Elliot, 1904",
          "kenaiensis C. H. Merriam, 1904",
          "phaeonyx C. H. Merriam, 1904",
          "shanorum O. Thomas, 1906",
          "middendorfi J. R. Ward, 1910 [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
          "prearctos Boule, 1910",
          "sheldoni C. H. Merriam, 1910",
          "kadiaki Kleinschmidt, 1911",
          "lasistanicus Satunin, 1913",
          "absarokus C. H. Merriam, 1914",
          "alexandrae C. H. Merriam, 1914",
          "bairdi C. H. Merriam, 1914",
          "canadensis C. H. Merriam, 1914",
          "caurinus C. H. Merriam, 1914",
          "colusus C. H. Merriam, 1914",
          "eltonclarki C. H. Merriam, 1914",
          "henshawi C. H. Merriam, 1914",
          "imperator C. H. Merriam, 1914",
          "innuitus C. H. Merriam, 1914",
          "internationalis C. H. Merriam, 1914",
          "kennerleyi C. H. Merriam, 1914",
          "klamathensis C. H. Merriam, 1914",
          "latifrons C. H. Merriam, 1914",
          "magister C. H. Merriam, 1914",
          "navaho C. H. Merriam, 1914",
          "nelsoni C. H. Merriam, 1914",
          "nortoni C. H. Merriam, 1914",
          "orgilos C. H. Merriam, 1914",
          "pervagor C. H. Merriam, 1914",
          "russelli C. H. Merriam, 1914",
          "shirasi C. H. Merriam, 1914",
          "shoshone C. H. Merriam, 1914",
          "stikeenensis C. H. Merriam, 1914",
          "tahltanicus C. H. Merriam, 1914",
          "texensis C. H. Merriam, 1914",
          "toklat C. H. Merriam, 1914",
          "tularensis C. H. Merriam, 1914",
          "tundrensis C. H. Merriam, 1914",
          "utahensis C. H. Merriam, 1914",
          "apache C. H. Merriam, 1916",
          "arizonae C. H. Merriam, 1916",
          "chelan C. H. Merriam, 1916",
          "cressonus C. H. Merriam, 1916",
          "eximius C. H. Merriam, 1916",
          "hoots C. H. Merriam, 1916",
          "insularis C. H. Merriam, 1916",
          "kluane C. H. Merriam, 1916",
          "kwakiutl C. H. Merriam, 1916",
          "mendocinensis C. H. Merriam, 1916",
          "mirabilis C. H. Merriam, 1916",
          "neglectus C. H. Merriam, 1916",
          "nuchek C. H. Merriam, 1916",
          "ophrus C. H. Merriam, 1916",
          "pallasi C. H. Merriam, 1916",
          "selkirki C. H. Merriam, 1916",
          "townsendi C. H. Merriam, 1916",
          "warburtoni C. H. Merriam, 1916",
          "washake C. H. Merriam, 1916",
          "schmitzi Matschie, 1917",
          "andersoni C. H. Merriam, 1918",
          "atnarko C. H. Merriam, 1918",
          "bisonophagus C. H. Merriam, 1918",
          "chelidonias C. H. Merriam, 1918",
          "crassodon C. H. Merriam, 1918",
          "crassus C. H. Merriam, 1918",
          "dusorgus C. H. Merriam, 1918",
          "ereunetes C. H. Merriam, 1918",
          "idahoensis C. H. Merriam, 1918",
          "impiger C. H. Merriam, 1918",
          "inopinatus (C. H. Merriam, 1918)",
          "macfarlani C. H. Merriam, 1918",
          "macrodon C. H. Merriam, 1918",
          "mirus C. H. Merriam, 1918",
          "orgiloides C. H. Merriam, 1918",
          "oribasus C. H. Merriam, 1918",
          "pellyensis C. H. Merriam, 1918",
          "perturbans C. H. Merriam, 1918",
          "planiceps C. H. Merriam, 1918",
          "pulchellus C. H. Merriam, 1918",
          "rogersi C. H. Merriam, 1918",
          "rungiusi C. H. Merriam, 1918",
          "sagittalis C. H. Merriam, 1918",
          "caucasicus Smirnov, 1919",
          "dinniki Smirnov, 1919 [infrasubspecific]",
          "marsicanus Altobello, 1921",
          "anglicus Gunther, 1923",
          "magdalenensis Gunther, 1923 [nomen novum]",
          "nucifragus Lönnberg, 1923",
          "baikalensis Ognev, 1924",
          "jeniseensis Ognev, 1924",
          "kolymensis Ognev, 1924",
          "pamirensis Ognev, 1924",
          "bosniensis Bolkay, 1925",
          "persicus Lönnberg, 1925",
          "smirnovi Lönnberg, 1925",
          "suessenbornensis Soergel, 1926",
          "holzworthi C. H. Merriam, 1929",
          "faidherbi Arambourg, 1932 [unjustified emendation]",
          "larteti Arambourg, 1932 [unjustified emendation]",
          "nemoralis Degerbøl, 1933",
          "oklahomaensis Stovall & C. S. Johnston, 1935",
          "taubachensis K. Rode, 1935",
          "binagadensis Vereshchagin, 1946",
          "sackdillingensis F. Heller, 1955",
          "kamiensis Vereshchagin, 1959",
          "karmalkiensis Vereshchagin, 1959",
          "jenissensis Stroganov, 1962 [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
          "yeniseensis Heptner, 1967 [variant]",
          "gobiensis Sokolov & Orlov, 1992",
          "oklahomensis Czaplewski, Cifelli, & Langston, 1994 [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
          "dolinensis N. García & Arsuaga, 2001"
        ],
        "subspecies": "_U. a. alascensis_ Merriam, 1896 (synonyms: _alexandrae_ Merriam, 1914, _cressonus_ Merriam, 1916, _eximius_ Merriam, 1916, _holzworthi_ Merriam, 1929, _innuitus_ Merriam, 1914, _internationalis_ Merriam, 1914, _kenaiensis_ Merriam, 1904, _kidderi_ Merriam, 1902, _nuchek_ Merriam, 1916, _phaeonyx_ Merriam, 1904, _sheldoni_ Merriam, 1910, _toklat_ Merriam, 1914, _tundrensis_ Merriam, 1914); _U. a. arctos_ Linnaeus, 1758 (synonyms: _albus_ Gmelin, 1788, _alpinus_ Fischer, 1814, _annulatus_ Billberg, 1827, _argenteus_ Billberg, 1827, _aureus_ Fitzinger, 1855, _badius_ Schrank, 1798, _bosniensis_ Bolkay, 1925, _brunneus_ Billberg, 1827, _cadaverinus_ Eversmann, 1840, _euryrhinus_ Nilsson, 1847, _eversmanni_ (Gray, 1865), _falciger_ Reichenbach, 1836, _formicarius_ Billberg, 1828, _fuscus_ Gmelin, 1788, _fuscus_ Tiedemann, 1808, _gobiensis_ Соколов & Орлов, 1992, _grandis_ Gray, 1865, _griseus_ Kerr, 1792, _ildgeesdjur_ Gray, 1865, _longirostris_ Eversmann, 1840, _major_ Nilsson, 1820, _marsicanus_ Altobello, 1921, _minor_ Nilsson, 1820, _myrmephagus_ Billberg, 1827, _niger_ Gmelin, 1788, _normalis_ Gray, 1865, _norvegicus_ Fischer, 1829, _polonicus_ Gray, 1865, _pyrenaicus_ Lesson, 1827, _pyreniacus_ Gray, 1825, _rossicus_ Gray, 1865, _rufus_ Wolf, 1796, _scandinavicus_ Gray, 1865, _stenorostris_ Gray, 1865, _ursus_ Boddaert, 1772, _variegatus_ Gmelin, 1788); _U. a. beringianus_ Middendorff, 1851 (synonyms: _kamtschatica_ Middendorff, 1851, _kolymensis_ Огнёв, 1924, _mandchuricus_ (Heude, 1898), _piscator_ Pucheran, 1855); _U. a. binagadensis_ Верещагин, 1946 (fossil); _U. a. californicus_ Merriam, 1896 (synonyms: _colusus_ Merriam, 1914, _henshawi_ Merriam, 1914, _klamathensis_ Merriam, 1914, _magister_ Merriam, 1914, _mendocinensis_ Merriam, 1916, _tularensis_ Merriam, 1914); _U. a. collaris_ Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827 (synonyms: _jeniseensis_ Огнёв, 1924, _sibiricus_ Gray, 1865); _U. a. crowtheri_ Schinz, 1844; _U. a. dalli_ Merriam, 1896 (synonyms: _nortoni_ Merriam, 1914, _orgiloides_ Merriam, 1918, _townsendi_ Merriam, 1916); _U. a. faidherbianus_ Bourguignat, 1867 (fossil); _U. a. gyas_ Merriam, 1902 (synonyms: _merriami_ Allen, 1902); _U. a. horribilis_ Ord, 1815 (synonyms: _absarokus_ Merriam, 1914, _andersoni_ Merriam, 1918, _apache_ Merriam, 1916, _argenteus_ Voigt, 1819, _arizonae_ Merriam, 1916, _bairdi_ Merriam, 1914, _bisonophagus_ Merriam, 1918, _canadensis_ Merriam, 1914, _candescens_ Smith, 1822, _cinereus_ Desmarest, 1821, _crassus_ Merriam, 1918, _dusorgus_ Merriam, 1918, _ereunetes_ Merriam, 1918, _ferox_ Desmarest, 1821, _griseus_ Choris, 1822, _horriaeus_ Baird, 1857, _hylodromus_ Elliot, 1904, _idahoensis_ Merriam, 1918, _imperator_ Merriam, 1914, _impiger_ Merriam, 1918, _inopinatus_ (Merriam, 1918), _kennerleyi_ Merriam, 1914, _kluane_ Merriam, 1916, _latifrons_ Merriam, 1914, _macfarlani_ Merriam, 1918, _macrodon_ Merriam, 1918, _mirus_ Merriam, 1918, _navaho_ Merriam, 1914, _nelsoni_ Merriam, 1914, _ophrus_ Merriam, 1916, _oribasus_ Merriam, 1918, _pallasi_ Merriam, 1916, _pellyensis_ Merriam, 1918, _perturbans_ Merriam, 1918, _planiceps_ Merriam, 1918, _pulchellus_ Merriam, 1918, _richardsoni_ Swainson, 1838, _rogersi_ Merriam, 1918, _rungiusi_ Merriam, 1918, _russelli_ Merriam, 1914, _sagittalis_ Merriam, 1918, _selkirki_ Merriam, 1916, _shoshone_ Merriam, 1914, _texensis_ Merriam, 1914, _utahensis_ Merriam, 1914, _washake_ Merriam, 1916); _U. a. isabellinus_ Horsfield, 1827 (synonyms: _leuconyx_ Северцов, 1873, _pamirensis_ Огнёв, 1924); _U. a. kamiensis_ Верещагин, 1959 (fossil); _U. a. lartetianus_ Bourguignat, 1868 (fossil; synonyms: _letourneuxianus_ Bourguignat, 1868, _libycus_ Pomel, 1897, _rouvieri_ Bourguignat, 1868); _U. a. lasiotus_ Gray, 1867 (synonyms: _baikalensis_ Огнёв, 1924, _cavifrons_ (Heude, 1901), _ferox_ Temminck, 1843, _melanarctos_ Heude, 1898, _yesoensis_ Lydekker, 1897); _U. a. middendorffi_ Merriam, 1896 (synonyms: _kadiaki_ Kleinschmidt, 1911); _U. a. priscus_ Goldfuss, 1818 (fossil; synonyms: _anglicus_ Gunther, 1923, _bourguignati_ Lartet, 1867, _fossilis_ Goldfuss, 1821, _karmalkiensis_ Верещагин, 1959, _magdalenensis_ Gunther, 1923, _nemoralis_ Degerbøl, 1933, _nucifragus_ Lönnberg, 1923, _planifrons_ Denny, 1864, _pomelianus_ Bourguignat, 1868, _prearctos_ Boule, 1910, _subfossilis_ Middendorff, 1851, _tarandi_ Fraas, 1872); _U. a. pruinosus_ Blyth, 1853 (synonyms: _hypernefes_ Пржевальский, 1883, _lagomyiarius_ Пржевальский, 1883); _U. a. sitkensis_ Merriam, 1896 (synonyms: _caurinus_ Merriam, 1914, _eltonclarki_ Merriam, 1914, _eulophus_ Merriam, 1904, _insularis_ Merriam, 1916, _mirabilis_ Merriam, 1916, _neglectus_ Merriam, 1916, _orgilos_ Merriam, 1914, _shirasi_ Merriam, 1914); _U. a. stikeenensis_ Merriam, 1914 (synonyms: _atnarko_ Merriam, 1918, _chelan_ Merriam, 1916, _chelidonias_ Merriam, 1918, _crassodon_ Merriam, 1918, _hoots_ Merriam, 1916, _kwakiutl_ Merriam, 1916, _pervagor_ Merriam, 1914, _tahltanicus_ Merriam, 1914, _warburtoni_ Merriam, 1916); _U. a. syriacus_ Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1829 (synonyms: _caucasicus_ Smirnov, 1919, _dinniki_ Smirnov, 1919, _lasistanicus_ Сатунин, 1913, _meridionalis_ Middendorff, 1851, _persicus_ Lönnberg, 1925, _schmitzi_ Matschie, 1917, _smirnovi_ Lönnberg, 1925); _U. a. taubachensis_ Rode, 1935 (fossil)",
        "taxonomyNotes": null,
        "taxonomyNotesCitation": null
      },
      "typeSpecimen": {
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        "kind": null,
        "uris": [],
        "locality": "northern Sweden.",
        "latitude": null,
        "longitude": null
      },
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          "Armenia",
          "Azerbaijan",
          "Belarus",
          "Bosnia and Herzegovina",
          "Bulgaria",
          "Canada",
          "China",
          "Croatia",
          "Estonia",
          "Finland",
          "France",
          "Georgia",
          "Greece",
          "India",
          "Iran",
          "Iraq",
          "Italy",
          "Japan",
          "Kazakhstan",
          "Kosovo",
          "Kyrgyzstan",
          "Latvia",
          "Lebanon",
          "Mongolia",
          "Montenegro",
          "Nepal",
          "North Korea",
          "North Macedonia",
          "Norway",
          "Pakistan",
          "Poland",
          "Romania",
          "Russia",
          "Serbia",
          "Slovakia",
          "Slovenia",
          "Spain",
          "Sweden",
          "Syria",
          "Tajikistan",
          "Turkey",
          "Ukraine",
          "United States",
          "Uzbekistan",
          "Austria?",
          "Bhutan?",
          "Czech Republic?",
          "Switzerland?",
          "Turkmenistan?"
        ],
        "continents": [
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          "Europe",
          "North America"
        ],
        "biogeographicRealm": [
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          "Palearctic"
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        "subregion": "USA(AK,ID,MT,WA,WY)",
        "notes": null,
        "notesCitation": null
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        "Afghanistan",
        "Albania",
        "Armenia",
        "Azerbaijan",
        "Belarus",
        "Bosnia and Herzegovina",
        "Bulgaria",
        "Canada",
        "China",
        "Croatia",
        "Estonia",
        "Finland",
        "France",
        "Georgia",
        "Greece",
        "India",
        "Iran",
        "Iraq",
        "Italy",
        "Japan",
        "Kazakhstan",
        "Kosovo",
        "Kyrgyzstan",
        "Latvia",
        "Lebanon",
        "Mongolia",
        "Montenegro",
        "Nepal",
        "North Korea",
        "North Macedonia",
        "Norway",
        "Pakistan",
        "Poland",
        "Romania",
        "Russia",
        "Serbia",
        "Slovakia",
        "Slovenia",
        "Spain",
        "Sweden",
        "Syria",
        "Tajikistan",
        "Turkey",
        "Ukraine",
        "United States",
        "Uzbekistan",
        "Austria?",
        "Bhutan?",
        "Czech Republic?",
        "Switzerland?",
        "Turkmenistan?"
      ],
      "crossReference": {
        "cmwSciName": "Ursus arctos",
        "diffSinceCMW": false,
        "msw3MatchType": "sciname match",
        "msw3SciName": "Ursus arctos",
        "diffSinceMSW3": false
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "IR0059",
      "mddId": "1005937",
      "mddUrl": "https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005937",
      "phylosort": 25,
      "order": "Carnivora",
      "family": "Ursidae",
      "scientificName": "Ursus thibetanus",
      "genus": "Ursus",
      "subgenus": "Selenarctos",
      "specificEpithet": "thibetanus",
      "authority": "G. Cuvier, 1823",
      "faName": "خرس سیاه آسیایی",
      "enName": "Asian Black Bear",
      "otherCommonNames": [
        "Himalayan Black Bear",
        "Moon Bear",
        "White-breasted Bear"
      ],
      "endemic": false,
      "status": "زنده",
      "iucn": "VU",
      "extinct": false,
      "domestic": false,
      "flagged": false,
      "taxonomy": {
        "subclass": "Theria",
        "infraclass": "Placentalia",
        "magnorder": "Boreoeutheria",
        "superorder": "Laurasiatheria",
        "order": "Carnivora",
        "suborder": "Caniformia",
        "infraorder": "Arctoidea",
        "parvorder": "Ursida",
        "superfamily": null,
        "family": "Ursidae",
        "subfamily": "Ursinae",
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        "subtribe": null
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      "nomenclature": {
        "originalNameCombination": "Ursus Thibetanus",
        "authorityCitation": "Cuvier, G. 1823-04-12. Recherches sur les ossemens fossiles. Nouvelle édition. Tome quatrième. G. Dufour et E. d'Ocagne, Paris, 514 pp.",
        "authorityLink": "https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52149894",
        "nominalNames": [
          "thibetanus G. Cuvier, 1823",
          "tebethianus J. E. Gray, 1825 [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
          "tibetanus H. R. Schinz, 1825 [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
          "tibethianus J. E. Gray, 1825 [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
          "thibeticus E. Blyth, 1840 [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
          "torquatus J. A. Wagner, 1841 [nomen novum]",
          "tebetanus B. H. Hodgson, 1844 [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
          "japonicus Schlegel, 1857",
          "formosanus Swinhoe, 1864",
          "arboreus J. E. Gray, 1865",
          "mediterraneus Forsyth Major, 1873",
          "gedrosianus Blanford, 1877",
          "rexi Matschie, 1897",
          "leuconyx (Heude, 1901) [preoccupied]",
          "mupinensis (Heude, 1901)",
          "ussuricus (Heude, 1901)",
          "macneili Lydekker, 1909",
          "macneilli Lydekker, 1909 [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
          "clarki A. de C. Sowerby, 1920 [nomen novum]",
          "melli (Matschie in Mell, 1922)",
          "kokeni Matthew & Granger, 1923",
          "angustidens Zdansky, 1928",
          "wulsini (A. B. Howell, 1928)",
          "laniger (Pocock, 1932)",
          "stehlini (M. Kretzoi, 1941)",
          "schertzi Dehm, 1943",
          "telonensis Bonifay, 1971",
          "karabach Vereshchagin & Tihonov, 1994",
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        "taxonomyNotesCitation": "Zagorodnyuk, І.V. 2009. Morphology of post-calcarial lobe in bats and its variation in _Eptesicus \"serotinus_\" (Mammalia). Visnyk of Lviv University, Biology Series 51:157-175. a#1894|Juste, J., Benda, P., García-Mudarra, J.L. and Ibáñez, C. 2013. Phylogeny and systematics of Old World serotine bats (genus _Eptesicus_, Vespertilionidae, Chiroptera): an integrative approach. Zoologica Scripta 42(5):441-457. doi:10.1111/zsc.12020|Zagorodniuk, I., & Kandaurov, A. Biogeography of the serotine bat Eptesicus lobatus: a hypothesis on Caucasian roots based on morphological data. Novitates Theriologicae, 9, 96-104.|Cláudio, V.C., Novaes, R.L.M., Gardner, A.L., Nogueira, M.R., Wilson, D.E., Maldonado, J.E., Oliveira, J.A. de and Moratelli, R. 2023. Taxonomic re-evaluation of New World _Eptesicus_ and _Histiotus_ (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), with the description of a new genus. Zoologia (Curitiba) 40:e22029. doi:10.1590/S1984-4689.v40.e22029|Gorban, A.A., Lebedev, V.S., Bannikova, A.A., Yuzefovich, A.P., Undrakhbayar, E. and Kruskop, S.V. 2026. Taxonomy and distribution of the large serotines (_Eptesicus serotinus_ sensu lato, Vespertilionidae, Chiroptera) in Mongolia. Russian Journal of Theriology 25(1):1-8. doi:10.15298/rusjtheriol.25.1.01"
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        "taxonomyNotesCitation": "Mayer, F., Dietz, C. and Kiefer, A. 2007. Molecular species identification boosts bat diversity. Frontiers in Zoology 4(4):1-5. doi:10.1186/1742-9994-4-4|Dietz, C., Gazaryan, A., Papov, G., Dundarova, H. and Mayer, F. 2016. _Myotis hajastanicus_ is a local vicariant of a widespread species rather than a critically endangered endemic of the Sevan lake basin (Armenia). Mammalian Biology 81(5):518-522. doi:10.1016/j.mambio.2016.06.005|Benda, P., Abi Said, M.R., Bou Jaoude, I., Karanouh, R., Lučan, R.K., Sadek, R., Ševčík, M., Uhrin, M. and Horáček, I. 2016. Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. Part 13. Review of distribution and ectoparasites of bats in Lebanon. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae 80:207-316. a#34271|Ruedi, M., Saikia, U., Thabah, A., Görföl, T., Thapa, S. and Csorba, G. 2021. Molecular and morphological revision of small Myotinae from the Himalayas shed new light on the poorly known genus _Submyotodon_ (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Mammalian Biology 101(4):465-480. doi:10.1007/s42991-020-00081-3|Dzeverin, I. 2023. Synonymisation of _Myotis aurascens_ with _M. davidii_ (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) is premature. Zoodiversity 57(1):19-28. doi:10.15407/zoo2023.01.019|Liu, T., Jia, J.-c., Liu, L.-y., Wang, J., Chen, W.-j., Miao, G.-y., Niu, Y.-l., Guo, W., Zhang, K.-k., Sun, K.-p., Yu, W.-h., Zhou, J. and Feng, J. 2023. New insights into the taxonomy of _Myotis_ bats in China based on morphology and multilocus phylogeny. Diversity 15(7):805. doi:10.3390/d15070805|Wang, Z.-y., Chai, G.-H. and Abduriyim, S. 2025. Morphometric and bioacoustic profiling of _Myotis_ cf. _davidii_/_aurascens_ (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) in East Asia: evidence for a range extension and elevational record. ZooKeys 1262:191-201. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1262.151139|Chen, K.-h., Wang, X.-y., Huang, Z.-f., Mo, Y.-z., Wu, Y., Hu, Y.-b., Yue, Y. and Yu, W.-h. 2026. Resolving taxonomic uncertainty in Chinese _Myotis_ through molecular and morphometric integration in the Eastern Region of China (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Vertebrate Zoology 76:187-206. doi:10.3897/vz.76.e182515"
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        "originalNameCombination": "Lepus capensis",
        "authorityCitation": "Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.",
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          "capensis Linnaeus, 1758",
          "aegyptius É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803",
          "aegyptiacus G. Fischer, 1814 [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
          "egyptius Rafinesque, 1817 [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
          "isabella Anonymous, 1825 [nomen nudum]",
          "arenarius I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1826",
          "isabellinus Cretzschmar, 1828",
          "aethiopicus Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1833",
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          "sinaiticus Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1833",
          "ochropus J. A. Wagner, 1844",
          "major Grill, 1860",
          "salae Jentink, 1880",
          "omanensis O. Thomas, 1894",
          "hawkeri O. Thomas, 1901",
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          "centralis O. Thomas, 1903",
          "granti O. Thomas & Schwann, 1904",
          "aquilo O. Thomas & Wroughton, 1907",
          "chadensis O. Thomas & Wroughton, 1907",
          "hauheri Lydekker, 1908 [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
          "kalaharicus Dollman, 1910",
          "tingitanus Doumergue, 1917 [nomen nudum]",
          "abbotti Hollister, 1918",
          "cheesmani O. Thomas, 1921",
          "mandatus O. Thomas, 1926",
          "narranus O. Thomas, 1926",
          "ochropoides A. Roberts, 1929",
          "bedfordi A. Roberts, 1932",
          "ermeloensis A. Roberts, 1932",
          "hartsensis A. Roberts, 1932",
          "langi A. Roberts, 1932",
          "vernayi A. Roberts, 1932",
          "hartensis Ellerman, Morrison-Scott, & Hayman, 1953 [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
          "salai Ellerman, Morrison-Scott, & Hayman, 1953 [unjustified emendation]",
          "carpi Lundholm, 1955",
          "dinderus Setzer, 1956",
          "atallahi D. L. Harrison, 1972",
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          "medius S. Nilsson, 1820",
          "hybridus A. G. Desmarest, 1822 [preoccupied]",
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          "not used as valid]",
          "cinereus Fitzinger, 1867 [nomen nudum]",
          "coronatus Fitzinger, 1867 [nomen nudum]",
          "judaeae (J. E. Gray, 1867)",
          "maculatus Fitzinger, 1867 [nomen nudum]",
          "nigricans Fitzinger, 1867 [nomen nudum]",
          "rufus Fitzinger, 1867 [nomen nudum]",
          "campestris Bogdanov, 1871 [preoccupied]",
          "argenteogrisea König-Warthausen, 1875 [infrasubspecific]",
          "tumak Tikhomirov & Korchagin, 1889",
          "judeae Trouessart, 1897 [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
          "occidentalis de Winton, 1898",
          "typicus de Winton, 1898 [nomen novum]",
          "transsylvanicus Matschie, 1901",
          "creticus Barrett-Hamilton, 1903",
          "cyprius Barrett-Hamilton, 1903",
          "parnassius G. S. Miller, 1903",
          "caspius Trouessart, 1904 [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
          "cyprinus Lyon, 1904 [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
          "transylvanicus Lyon, 1904 [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
          "cyrensis Satunin, 1905",
          "karpathorum Hilzheimer, 1906",
          "meridiei Hilzheimer, 1906",
          "pyrenaicus Hilzheimer, 1906",
          "transsylvaticus Hilzheimer, 1906 [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
          "typicus Hilzheimer, 1908 [nomen novum",
          "preoccupied]",
          "rhodius Festa, 1914",
          "connori H. C. Robinson, 1918",
          "tesquorum Ognev & Vorob'yev, 1923",
          "ghigii De Beaux, 1927",
          "carpathous De Beaux, 1929",
          "caucasicus Ognev, 1929",
          "kalmykorum Ognev, 1929 [infrasubspecific]",
          "ponticus Ognev, 1929 [infrasubspecific]",
          "iranensis G. G. Goodwin, 1939",
          "lencoranicus Ognev, 1940 [infrasubspecific]",
          "turgaicus Ognev, 1940 [infrasubspecific]",
          "niethammeri Wettstein-Westersheim, 1943",
          "borealis Bobrinski, Kuznetsov, & Kuzyakin, 1944 [preoccupied]",
          "biarmicus Heptner, 1948 [nomen novum]",
          "gureevi Gromov, 1952",
          "orientalis Stroganov & Yudin, 1956",
          "cyanotis Blanchard, 1957",
          "astaricus Baloutch, 1979",
          "euxinicus Averianov, 1994",
          "cyanotus R. S. Hoffmann & A. T. Smith, 2005 [incorrect subsequent spelling",
          "not used as valid]",
          "ghigi R. S. Hoffmann & A. T. Smith, 2005 [incorrect subsequent spelling",
          "not used as valid]",
          "mursalogluae Albayrak & Demirbaş, 2019"
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        "subspecies": "_L. e. aquilonius_ Blasius, 1842 (synonyms: _biarmicus_ Гептнер, 1948, _borealis_ Бобринский, Кузнецов & Кузякин, 1944, _campestris_ Bogdanov, 1871, _hybridus_ Desmarest, 1822, _hyemalis_ Eversmann, 1850, _tesquorum_ Огнёв & Воробьев, 1923, _tumac_ Eversmann, 1850, _tumak_ Tikhomirov & Korchagin, 1889); _L. e. carpathous_ De Beaux, 1929; _L. e. caspicus_ Ehrenberg, 1833 (synonyms: _kalmykorum_ Огнёв, 1929, _turgaicus_ Огнёв, 1940); _L. e. connori_ Robinson, 1918 (synonyms: _astaricus_ Baloutch, 1979, _iranensis_ Goodwin, 1939); _L. e. creticus_ Barrett-Hamilton, 1903; _L. e. cyprius_ Barrett-Hamilton, 1903; _L. e. cyrensis_ Сатунин, 1905 (synonyms: _caucasicus_ Огнёв, 1929, _ghigii_ De Beaux, 1927, _lencoranicus_ Огнёв, 1940); _L. e. europaeus_ Pallas, 1778 (synonyms: _albus_ Bechstein, 1801, _argenteogrisea_ König-Warthausen, 1875, _cyanotis_ Blanchard, 1957, _flavus_ Bechstein, 1801, _niger_ Bechstein, 1801, _pyrenaicus_ Gray, 1843, _pyrenaicus_ Hilzheimer, 1906, _typicus_ de Winton, 1898); _L. e. euxinicus_ Аверьянов, 1994 (fossil); _L. e. gureevi_ Громов, 1952 (fossil); _L. e. judaeae_ (Gray, 1867); _L. e. karpathorum_ Hilzheimer, 1906; _L. e. medius_ Nilsson, 1820 (synonyms: _typicus_ Hilzheimer, 1908); _L. e. mursalogluae_ Albayrak & Demirbaş, 2019; _L. e. occidentalis_ de Winton, 1898; _L. e. orientalis_ Строганов & Юдин, 1956; _L. e. parnassius_ Miller, 1903 (synonyms: _niethammeri_ Wettstein-Westersheim, 1943); _L. e. rhodius_ Festa, 1914; _L. e. syriacus_ Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833; _L. e. transsylvanicus_ Matschie, 1901",
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        "kind": "nonexistent",
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        "taxonomyNotesCitation": "Lebedev, V.S., Bannikova, A.A., Neumann, K., Ushakova, M.V., Ivanova, N.V. and Surov, A.V. 2018. Molecular phylogenetics and taxonomy of dwarf hamsters _Cricetulus_ Milne-Edwards, 1867 (Cricetidae, Rodentia): description of a new genus and reinstatement of another. Zootaxa 4387(2):331-349. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4387.2.5"
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          "melanogaster Minà-Palumbo, 1868",
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          "rotans Droogleever Fortuyn, 1911",
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          "momiyamai Kuroda, 1920",
          "airolensis von Burg, 1921",
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          "oxyrrhinus Kashkarov, 1922",
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          "helveticus von Burg, 1923",
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          "sewertzowi Kashkarov, 1925 [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
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          "kambei Kishida & Mori, 1931 [nomen nudum]",
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          "variabilis Argyropulo, 1933 [preoccupied]",
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          "bieni Yang Zhongjian, 1934",
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          "nogaiorum Heptner, 1934",
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          "utsuryonis Mori, 1938",
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          "mykinessiensis Degerbøl, 1940",
          "heroldii Ellerman, 1941 [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
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          "percnonotus Moulthrop, 1942",
          "domesticus E. Schwarz & H. K. Schwarz, 1943",
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          "foirmosovi Shidlovskiy, 1962 [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
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          "synantropus M. Kretzoi & Vértes, 1965 [incorrect original spelling]",
          "tagakii Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1966 [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
          "solymarensis M. Kretzoi, 1969 [nomen nudum]",
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          "not used as valid]",
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          "not used as valid]",
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          "not used as valid]",
          "gyirongus Huang Ling, Jing Meidong, & Jiang Xuelong in Chen Yingjie, Wang Rongguo, Zhu Zhongxu, Subedi, Jiang Xuelong, Jing Meidong, & Huang Ling, 2025"
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          "picteti (H. R. Schinz, 1845) [nomen novum]",
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          "tetragonurus (Kelaart, 1850)",
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          "rufoflavescens (Kelaart, 1852) [nomen novum]",
          "tettensis (W. C. H. Peters, 1852)",
          "crassipes (E. Blyth, 1859)",
          "flavigaster (von Heuglin, 1861)",
          "arboricola (J. Gould, 1863)",
          "infralineatus (E. Blyth, 1863) [nomen nudum]",
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          "nattereri Fitzinger, 1867 [nomen nudum]",
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          "samharensis (von Heuglin, 1877)",
          "beccarianus (Trouessart, 1881) [nomen novum]",
          "beccarii (W. C. H. Peters & Doria, 1881) [preoccupied]",
          "caledonicus (Trouessart, 1881) [nomen nudum]",
          "intermedius (Ninni, 1882) [preoccupied]",
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          "griseocaeruleus (Higgins & Petterd, 1883)",
          "variabilis (Higgins & Petterd, 1883)",
          "kandiyanus (Kelaart, 1890) [incorrect subsequent spelling]",
          "cyaneus (R. A. Philippi, 1895)",
          "typicus (Yerbury & O. Thomas, 1895) [nomen novum]",
          "caeruleus (Trouessart, 1897) [incorrect subsequent spelling",
          "not used as valid]",
          "doriae (Trouessart, 1897) [nomen novum]",
          "galapagoensis (Trouessart, 1897) [nomen nudum",
          "not used as valid]",
          "auratus (G. Grandidier, 1899)",
          "aethiops (R. A. Philippi, 1900)",
          "coquimbensis (R. A. Philippi, 1900)",
          "osorninus (R. A. Philippi, 1900)",
          "saltuum (R. A. Philippi, 1900)",
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          "atratus (G. S. Miller, 1902) [preoccupied]",
          "atridorsum (G. S. Miller, 1903) [nomen novum]",
          "ater (Millais, 1905) [preoccupied]",
          "albiventer (Jentink, 1909)",
          "albiventris (Jentink, 1909) [incorrect original spelling]",
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          "caerulus Ellerman, 1941 [incorrect subsequent spelling",
          "not used as valid]",
          "subcaerulus Ellerman, 1941 [incorrect subsequent spelling",
          "not used as valid]",
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        "taxonomyNotes": "the rattus group of species (including R. rattus, R. tanezumi, R. sakeratensis, and R. tiomanicus currently) are not well defined currently and further revision is needed to determine the species limits within this group; the name diardii, currently a synonym of R. tanezumi, likely represents a distinct species, as suggested recently by Nasir et al., 2022, although the species is retained tentatively retained under R. tanezumi until further research is done and until the a through investigation of which names can be applied to different lineages is done",
        "taxonomyNotesCitation": "Aplin, K.P., Chesser, R.T. and Have, J. ten. 2003. Evolutionary biology of the genus _Rattus_: profile of an archetypal rodent pest. ACIAR Monograph 96:487-498. a#4146|Robins, J.H., Hingston, M., Matisoo-Smith, E. and Ross, H.A. 2007. Identifying _Rattus_ species using mitochondrial DNA. Molecular Ecology Notes 7(5):717-729. doi:10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01752.x|Pagès, M., Bazin, E., Galan, M., Chaval, Y., Claude, J., Herbreteau, V., Michaux, J.R., Piry, S., Morand, S. and Cosson, J.-F. 2013. Cytonuclear discordance among Southeast Asian black rats (_Rattus rattus_ complex). Molecular Ecology 22(4):1019-1034. doi:10.1111/mec.12149|Aplin, K.P., Suzuki, H., Chinen, A.A., Chesser, R.T., Have, J. ten, Donnellan, S.C., Austin, J., Frost, A., Gonzalez, J.P., Herbreteau, V., Catzeflis, F.M., Soubrier, J., Fang, Y.-p., Robins, J., Matisoo-Smith, E., Bastos, A.D.S., Maryanto, I., Sinaga, M.H., Denys, C., Van Den Bussche, R.A., Conroy, C.J., Rowe, K.C. and Cooper, A. 2011. Multiple geographic origins of commensalism and complex dispersal history of black rats. PLoS ONE 6(11):e26357. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0026357|Mohamad Ikbal, N.H., Pathmanathan, D., Bhassu, S., Simarani, K. and Omar, H. 2019. Morphometric analysis of craniodental characters of the house rat, _Rattus rattus_ (Rodentia: Muridae) in Peninsular Malaysia. Sains Malaysiana 48(10):2103-2111. doi:10.17576/jsm-2019-4810-05|Nasir, M.H., Bhassu, S., Mispan, M.S., Bakar, S.A., Jing, K.J. and Omar, H. 2022. Molecular identification and genetic variation of _Rattus_ species from oil palm plantations of Malaysia based on mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) gene sequences. Zoological Science 39(6):554-561. doi:10.2108/zs210093"
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        "originalNameCombination": "Spalax Nehringi",
        "authorityCitation": "Satunin, K.A. 1898-05-02. _Spalax Nehringi_ nov. spec. Zoologischer Anzeiger 21(558):314-315.",
        "authorityLink": "https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9739287",
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        "taxonomyNotesCitation": "Németh, A., Mizsei, E., Laczkó, L., Czabán, D., Hegyeli, Z., Lengyel, S., Csorba, G. and Sramkó, G. 2024. Evolutionary history and systematics of European blind mole rats (Rodentia: Spalacidae: _Nannospalax_): Multilocus phylogeny and species delimitation in a puzzling group. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 190:107958. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107958"
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