Will inat add the 4 new species of armadillo?

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A study published in systematic biology revealed that the nine banded amadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) is actually 4 distinct species, with three being previous sub species, and one entirely new to science ( Dasypus guianensis). Just wondering if inaturalist will add these species to the platform?

You can read the study here:

  1. Mathilde Barthe, Loïs Rancilhac, Maria C Arteaga, Anderson Feijó, Marie-Ka Tilak, Fabienne Justy, W J Loughry, Colleen M McDonough, Benoit de Thoisy, François Catzeflis, Guillaume Billet, Lionel Hautier, Benoit Nabholz, Frédéric Delsuc. Exon capture museomics deciphers the nine-banded armadillo species complex and identifies a new species endemic to the Guiana Shield. Systematic Biology, 2024; DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syae027
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see https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/specie-that-doesnt-appear-in-the-app/46963/2

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Welcome to the forum @yung_hustler!

If you believe the new species should be added, you can flag the taxon and present your information there:

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I don’t think the American Society of Mammalogists’ Mammal Diversity Database has caught up to this yet. It’s a fairly recent change and might need to be evaluated for a while.

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000424

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