All North American mammal clades included in our study, with the number of species in each. Richness values reflect the number of species which fit the criteria for inclusion in this study, namely those which are terrestrial inhabitants of North America, are not introduced species, are not island endemics, and whose distributional data are freely available (see Materials and Methods).
Clade . | Species richness . |
---|---|
Mammalia | 753 |
Rodentia | 384 |
Chiroptera | 180 |
Eulipotyphla | 70 |
Carnivora | 49 |
Lagomorpha | 26 |
Artiodactyla | 15 |
Didelphimorphia | 13 |
Primates | 8 |
Xenarthra | 7 |
Perissodactyla | 1 |
Clade . | Species richness . |
---|---|
Mammalia | 753 |
Rodentia | 384 |
Chiroptera | 180 |
Eulipotyphla | 70 |
Carnivora | 49 |
Lagomorpha | 26 |
Artiodactyla | 15 |
Didelphimorphia | 13 |
Primates | 8 |
Xenarthra | 7 |
Perissodactyla | 1 |
All North American mammal clades included in our study, with the number of species in each. Richness values reflect the number of species which fit the criteria for inclusion in this study, namely those which are terrestrial inhabitants of North America, are not introduced species, are not island endemics, and whose distributional data are freely available (see Materials and Methods).
Clade . | Species richness . |
---|---|
Mammalia | 753 |
Rodentia | 384 |
Chiroptera | 180 |
Eulipotyphla | 70 |
Carnivora | 49 |
Lagomorpha | 26 |
Artiodactyla | 15 |
Didelphimorphia | 13 |
Primates | 8 |
Xenarthra | 7 |
Perissodactyla | 1 |
Clade . | Species richness . |
---|---|
Mammalia | 753 |
Rodentia | 384 |
Chiroptera | 180 |
Eulipotyphla | 70 |
Carnivora | 49 |
Lagomorpha | 26 |
Artiodactyla | 15 |
Didelphimorphia | 13 |
Primates | 8 |
Xenarthra | 7 |
Perissodactyla | 1 |
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