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It was only in 2018 that a revised and updated synthesis of mammalian taxonomy since 2004 revealed that there are at least 6495 recognized species in the class Mammalia, with species richness concentrated in the Neotropics and Afrotropics (Burgin et al. 2018).
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Koepfli, KP., Gooley, R.M. (2020). A Modern Synthesis of Mammal Conservation Genetics. In: Ortega, J., Maldonado, J. (eds) Conservation Genetics in Mammals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33334-8_1
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