Proportion of species descriptions using (A) molecular analysis or (B) taxonomic review for each mammal order from 1990β2025. The bars indicate the proportion of the total number of species described per order over this period. The different shades of gray indicate the proportion of these descriptions involving one, two, and three or more countries. N represents the number of species per order.
Moroti et al. report that historical shifts, geographic biases, and biological constraints shape #mammal species discovery.
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