Classification

For the binomial Latin names used in this website, classification and nomenclature are based upon the following reference sources:

Mammals

Wilson D. E. and Reeder D. M. (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.), Johns Hopkins University Press.
Available from www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3. Accessed: 09/07/14.

Encyclopedia of Life.
Available from www.eol.org. Accessed 26/11/14.

Reptiles

Uetz P. and Hošek J. (editors.) 2014. The Reptile Database.
Available from: www.reptile-database.org/db-info/taxa.html#Sau. Accessed: 07/07/14.

Amphibians

Frost, Darrel R. 2014. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA.
Available from: http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html. Accessed: 15/06/14.

Birds

Remsen J. V., Areta J. I., Cadena C. D., Jaramillo A., Nores M., Pacheco J. F., Pérez-Emén J., Robbins M. B., Stiles F. G., Stotz D. F. and Zimmer K. J.. Version 02/04/14. A classification of the bird species of South America. American Ornithologists’ Union.
Available from www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm

Fishes

Eschmeyer W.N. Catalog of Fishes.
Available from http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp. Accessed: 01/07/2014.

Plants

APG IV. 2016. An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV. Botanical Journal of the Linnaean Society, 181(1), 1-20.

The genus name of Cookeina is in honour of Mordecai Cubitt Cooke (1825–1914), who was an English botanist and mycologist

FUNGI

Wijayawardene, N.N., et al. 2020. Outline of fungi and fungus-like taxa. Mycosphere, 11(1), 1060-1456.

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