Taxonomic Swap 81063 (Committed on 12-08-2022)

Draft change for when MDD releases the next update merging capensis into delphis.

ASM Mammal Diversity Database (MDD) (Citation)
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Added by jwidness on 14 August, 2020 13:26 | Committed by loarie on 12 August, 2022
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Hi, @jwidness. Is this something you're interested in committing soon or would you rather wait for the MDD to update their taxonomy?

Posted by bobby23 over 3 years ago

I'm fine either way, but I don't think it'll be much longer.

Posted by jwidness over 3 years ago

@jwidness
I see some flags on D. capensis, i think now is the right time to commit this change.

Posted by zebs about 2 years ago

Hi folks, when lumping one taxon into another a merge (e.g. D. capensis & D. delphis [sensu stricto] -> D. delphis [sensu lato]) isn't necessary, just a swap (D. capensis -> D. delphis) is sufficient. I restructured this change as such as swap and (after dealing with D. capensis tropicalis and D. capensis capensis https://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_changes/113261 & https://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_changes/113262) I committed it. I then replaced the range of D. delphis with a sensu lato range (from MDD), updated the name to "Common Dolphin", and removed the resolved deviation

Glad to have this sorted and thanks for the help!

Posted by loarie over 1 year ago

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