New Species Paper

Kevin Stewart passes this along:

Discoveries of new mammal species and their implications for conservation and ecosystem services
Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci.
February 19, 2009, published online (abstract)

From the abstract: "In light of recent discoveries of many new species of poorly-studied organisms, we examine the biodiversity of mammals, a well known “charismatic” group. Many assume that nearly all mammal species are known to scientists. We demonstrate that this assumption is incorrect. Since 1993, 408 new mammalian species have been described, ?10% of the previously known fauna. Some 60% of these are “cryptic” species, but 40% are large and distinctive. ..."

You can download the list of 408 new mammal species here.

And, you can download a 2007 paper (Global Trends and Biases in New Mammal Species Discoveries) here.