Article: DISCOVERIES OF MAMMAL SPECIES AT ALL-TIME HIGH.(News/National/International)

Byline: Edward Helmore London Observer Service Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service.

More species of mammal are being discovered today than at any time in history, according to the latest edition of the definitive Mammal Species of the World.

That's partly because more resources - and therefore effort - are being put into finding them and partly because the introduction of improved techniques means classification has become more refined.

Since 1758, when the biologist Linnaeus established a classification system, about 1.4 million living species have been discovered and described. Until recently it was held that most mammals were known, ...

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