
Metadata for Data_Suppl_PresentDayOccurrence.txt

by Fritz et al.

If you use these datasets, please cite:



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DATA SUMMARY

Original present-day occurrence data of mammals (sampled the fossil Neogene locations from present-day range maps)
18034 lines of 4 columns


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DATA EXPLANATIONS: column names and content

- Species: the species binomial in Wilson & Reeder 2005 taxonomy
- Genus: the genus name
- Location: the unique location coordinate identifier, generated by pasting the latitude and the longitude separated by "_"
- Continent: the continent for the location


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DATA ORIGINS AND PROCESSING PRIOR TO UPLOADED SCRIPTS


The file was generated by sampling the locations in Data_GenusOccurrences.txt from the GMA 2008 range maps, converted to Wilson & Reeder 2005 taxonomy.

References:

IUCN Red List Global Mammal Assessment 2008, downloaded from www.iucnredlist.org/mammals.

Wilson, DE, Reeder DM (2005) Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 3rd ed (John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD).