WhiskerWiki:News archive
News archive
This page lists all WhiskerWiki news items, most recent first.
- We’re excited to announce that rodent calls are available for some species on WhiskerWiki! New - This new resource is made possible thanks to the support of the Pasch Lab at the University of Arizona and the many valuable sound submissions contributed to Xeno-canto.
- WhiskerWiki has been updated to MDD version 2.5 (released July 28, 2026). New - The American Society of Mammalogists Mammal Diversity Database (MDD), which tracks the latest taxonomic changes to living and recently extinct species and higher taxa of mammals released version 2.5 of their database on July 28, 2026. This version includes one species name changed based on nomenclatural priority; Microdipodops oregonus was changed to Microdipodops californicus (Zijlstra, 2026).
- WhiskerWiki has been updated to MDD version 2.4 (released January 2, 2026). - The American Society of Mammalogists Mammal Diversity Database (MDD), which tracks the latest taxonomic changes to living and recently extinct species and higher taxa of mammals released version 2.4 of their database on January 2, 2026. This version includes Hafner et al.'s (2025) revision of kangaroo mice, Microdipodops, which includes 4 new species.
- Coming soon! WhiskerWiki will be updated to MDD version 2.4 (released January 2, 2026). - The American Society of Mammalogists Mammal Diversity Database (MDD), which tracks the latest taxonomic changes to living and recently extinct species and higher taxa of mammals released version 2.4 of their database on January 2, 2026. This version includes Hafner et al.'s (2025) revision of kangaroo mice, Microdipodops, which includes 4 new species. Within the next few weeks, expect updates to pages for Microdipodops pallidus and M. megacephalus, and pages for newly recognized species: Microdipodops albiventer, M. oregonus, M. polionotus, M. ruficollaris.
- WhiskerWiki has been updated to MDD version 2.3 (released September 1, 2025). - The American Society of Mammalogists Mammal Diversity Database (MDD), which tracks the latest taxonomic changes to living and recently extinct species and higher taxa of mammals released version 2.3 of their database on September 1, 2025. This version did not differ from version 2.2 for species of shrews, moles, and rodents found in the United States of America. Sorex fontinalis is still (tentatively) included in Sorex cinereus under MDD v2.3; however, some authors (and WhiskerWiki) still retain Sorex fontinalis as a distinct species.
- WhiskerWiki has been updated to MDD version 2.2 (released June 13, 2025). - The American Society of Mammalogists Mammal Diversity Database (MDD), which tracks the latest taxonomic changes to living and recently extinct species and higher taxa of mammals released version 2.2 of their database on June 13, 2025. This version includes the following taxonomic updates, which are now incorporated into WhiskerWiki: subgenera Thomomys and Megascapheus were elevated, Cryptotis floridanus was split from Cryptotis parvus. Sorex fontinalis is now (tentatively) included in Sorex cinereus under MDD v2.2; however, some authors (and WhiskerWiki) still retain Sorex fontinalis as a distinct species.
- New state and county-level species lists - State pages now aggregate species lists at the state level and serve as portals to access county-level data.
- New state pages - New state pages will now aggregate species lists at the state level and serve as portals to access county-level data (coming soon!).
- Full taxonomy backbone pages are complete! - We're excited to announce that a full scaffolding of pages representing all Linnaean names for Rodentia and Eulipotyphla are now populated with all respective child taxa as page links to aid in navigation on the wiki.