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List of Animal Articles in need of updated Taxonomy

This list will focus on extinct and extant species of the Holocene Epoch

Lumping

• Bison - may be monotypic (at the very least, all members should be under Bos)
  • American Bison Bison bison -> Bos bison bison (bison may be just a single species)
  • European Bison Bison bonasus -> Bos bison bonasus
  • Leidy's Bison Bison antiquus -> Bos bison antiquus
  • Steppe Bison Bison priscus -> Bos bison priscus
  • Western Bison Bison occidentalis -> Bos bison occidentalis
• Cope's Horse - Equus semiplicatus -> Haringtonhippus semiplicatus
• Equus - Major lumping needed for American species
  • Alaskan Horse - Equus alaskae -> Equus ferus alaskae
  • Bogotá Horse - Equus neogeus -> Equus ferus neogeus
  • Giant Horse - Equus giganteus -> Equus ferus giganteus
  • Gulf Horse - Equus fraternus -> Equus ferus fraternus
  • Hagerman Horse - Equus simplicidens -> Equus ferus simplicidens
  • Mexican Horse - Equus conversidens -> Equus ferus conversidens
  • Niobrara Horse - Equus niobrarensis -> Equus ferus niobrarensis
  • Scott's Horse - Equus scotti -> Equus ferus scotti
  • Western Horse - Equus occidentalis -> Equus ferus occidentalis
  • Yukon Horse - Equus lambei -> Equus ferus lambei
• Mule Deer - Odocoileus hemionus -> Odocoileus virginianus hemionus

Splitting

• Split genus - Crocodylus (all non-listed species retain their binomial)
  • New genus - Lacerosuchus - Contains L. acutus, L. intermedius, L. moreletii, and L. rhombifer
  • New genus - Sobek - Contains S. suchus
  • New genus - Vulgaris - Contains V. niloticus
• Split genus - Macaca (retained binomial for the Barbary macaque)
  • New genus - Mulatta - Contains M. fascicularis, M. mulatta, M. cyclopsis, and M. fuscata
  • New genus - Nemestrina - Contains N. silenus, N. nemestrina, N. leonina, N. pagensis, N. siberu, N. maura, N. ochreata, N. tonkeana, N. hecki, N. nigrescens, and N. nigra
  • New genus - Sinica - Contains S. sinica, S. radiata, S. assamensis, S. thibetana, S. munzala, S. leucogenys, and S. arctoides
• Split genus - Varanus (all non-listed species retain their binomial)
  • New genus - Empagusia - Contains E. bengalensis, E. dumerilii, E. flavescens, and E. nebulosus
  • New genus - Euprepiosaurus - Contains E. bennetti, E. caerulivirens, E. cerambonensis, E. colei, E. doreanus, E. douarrha, E. finschi, E. indicus, E. jobiensis, E. juxtindicus, E. melinus, E. lirungensis, E. obor, E. rainerguentheri, E. semotus, E. tsukamotoi, E. yuwonoi, and E. zugorum
  • New genus - Hapturosaurus - Contains H. beccarii, H. boehmei, H. bogerti, H. keithhornei, H. kordensis, H. macraei, H. prasinus, H. reisingeri, and H. telenesetes
  • New genus - Odatria - Contains O. acanthurus, O. insulanicus, O. auffenbergi, O. baritji, O. brevicauda, O. bushi, O. caudolineatus, O. eremius, O. gilleni, O. glauerti, O. glebopalma,, O. hamersleyensis, O. kingorum, O. mitchelli, O. pilbarensis, O. primordius, O. scalaris, O. semiremex, O. similis, O. sparnus, O. storri, O. timorensis, and O. tristis
  • New genus - Papusaurus - Contains P. salvadori
  • New genus - Philippinosaurus - Contains P. bitatawa, P. mabitang, and P. olivaceus
  • New genus - Polydaedalus - Contains P. albigularis, P. exanthematicus, P. niloticus, P. stellatus, P. ornatus, and P. yemenensis
  • New genus - Psammosaurus - Contains P. griseus, P. caspius, and P. nesterovi
  • New genus - Solomonsaurus - Contains S. spinulosus
  • New genus - Soterosaurus - Contains S. bangonorum, S. cumingi, S. dalubhasa, S. marmoratus, S. nuchalis, S. palawanensis, S. rasmusseni, S. salvator, S. samarensis, S. togianus, and S. rudicollis

Ursus

• List of resources ordered newest to oldest (only focus on the 2014 and 2017 papers):
  • The evolutionary history of bears is characterized by gene flow across species (2017)
  • Bears in a Forest of Gene Trees: Phylogenetic Inference Is Complicated by Incomplete Lineage Sorting and Gene Flow (2014)
  • Nuclear Genomic Sequences Reveal that Polar Bears Are an Old and Distinct Bear Lineage (2012)
  • Ancient Hybridization and an Irish Origin for the Modern Polar Bear Matriline (2011)
  • Late-Quaternary biogeographic scenarios for the brown bear (Ursus arctos), a wild mammal model species (2010)
  • Mitochondrial genomes reveal an explosive radiation of extinct and extant bears near the Miocene-Pliocene boundary (2008)
  • Combined analysis of fourteen nuclear genes refines the Ursidae phylogeny (2008)
  • Population genetics of Ice Age brown bears (2000)
• Proposed changes:
  • Sloth Bear - Melursus ursinus -> Ursus ursinus
  • Sun Bear - Helarctos malayanus -> Ursus malayanus
  • ABC Islands Bear Ursus arctos sitkensis -> Ursus sitkensis

Other

• Giraffoidea - Needs added nuance