To cite rmdd in publications, please use:

To cite the rmdd package in publications, please use:

Santos Andrade P (2026). rmdd: Mammal Diversity Database Tools for R. R package version 0.0.1, https://github.com/PaulESantos/rmdd.

The mammal taxonomy bundled in this package is based on:

Mammal Diversity Database (2026). “Mammal Diversity Database (Version 2.4).” doi:10.5281/zenodo.17033774, Version 2.4. Data set., https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17033774.

Burgin C, Zijlstra J, Becker M, Handika H, Alston J, Widness J, Liphardt S, Huckaby D, Upham N (2025). “How many mammal species are there now? Updates and trends in taxonomic, nomenclatural, and geographic knowledge.” Journal of Mammalogy. doi:10.1101/2025.02.27.640393, in press, https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.02.27.640393.

Corresponding BibTeX entries:

  @Manual{,
    title = {rmdd: Mammal Diversity Database Tools for R},
    author = {Paul E. {Santos Andrade}},
    year = {2026},
    note = {R package version 0.0.1},
    url = {https://github.com/PaulESantos/rmdd},
  }

  @Misc{,
    title = {Mammal Diversity Database (Version 2.4)},
    author = {{Mammal Diversity Database}},
    year = {2026},
    note = {Version 2.4. Data set.},
    publisher = {Zenodo},
    doi = {10.5281/zenodo.17033774},
    url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17033774},
  }

  @Article{,
    title = {How many mammal species are there now? Updates and trends
      in taxonomic, nomenclatural, and geographic knowledge},
    author = {Connor J. Burgin and Jelle S. Zijlstra and Mathias A.
      Becker and Heru Handika and Jesse M. Alston and Jane Widness and
      Schuyler Liphardt and David G. Huckaby and Nathan S. Upham},
    journal = {Journal of Mammalogy},
    year = {2025},
    note = {in press},
    doi = {10.1101/2025.02.27.640393},
    url = {https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.02.27.640393},
  }