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license: MIT
title: 'rmdd: Resolve Mammal Names with the Mammal Diversity Database'
version: 0.0.0.1
identifiers:
- type: doi
  value: 10.32614/CRAN.package.rmdd
- type: url
  value: https://www.mammaldiversity.org/
abstract: Download, inspect, reconcile, and summarize mammal taxonomic names with
  the Mammal Diversity Database (MDD). Supports accepted names, synonyms, original
  combinations, distribution summaries, and mapped outputs derived from packaged MDD
  releases. Designed for reproducible mammal name resolution workflows in 'R'.
authors:
- family-names: Santos Andrade
  given-names: Paul E.
  email: paulefrens@gmail.com
preferred-citation:
  type: manual
  title: 'rmdd: Mammal Diversity Database Tools for R'
  authors:
  - family-names: Santos Andrade
    given-names: Paul E.
    email: paulefrens@gmail.com
    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6635-0375
  year: '2026'
  notes: R package version 0.0.1
  url: https://github.com/PaulESantos/rmdd
repository: https://paulesantos.r-universe.dev
repository-code: https://github.com/PaulESantos/rmdd
commit: 91ad5addd22083c5851981bfa46c4f031f2cc4cb
url: https://paulesantos.github.io/rmdd/
date-released: '2026-05-17'
contact:
- family-names: Santos Andrade
  given-names: Paul E.
  email: paulefrens@gmail.com
references:
- type: generic
  title: Mammal Diversity Database (Version 2.4)
  authors:
  - name: Mammal Diversity Database
  year: '2026'
  notes: Version 2.4. Data set.
  publisher:
    name: Zenodo
  doi: 10.5281/zenodo.17033774
  url: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17033774
- type: article
  title: How many mammal species are there now? Updates and trends in taxonomic, nomenclatural,
    and geographic knowledge
  authors:
  - family-names: Burgin
    given-names: Connor J.
  - family-names: Zijlstra
    given-names: Jelle S.
  - family-names: Becker
    given-names: Mathias A.
  - family-names: Handika
    given-names: Heru
  - family-names: Alston
    given-names: Jesse M.
  - family-names: Widness
    given-names: Jane
  - family-names: Liphardt
    given-names: Schuyler
  - family-names: Huckaby
    given-names: David G.
  - family-names: Upham
    given-names: Nathan S.
  journal: Journal of Mammalogy
  year: '2025'
  notes: in press
  doi: 10.1101/2025.02.27.640393
  url: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.02.27.640393