MDDv1.5_Name,MDDv1.6_Name,Comment,Category Nycteris_madagascariensis,Nycteris_macrotis,madagascariensis is now a synonym of Nycteris macrotis,synonymization NA,Dendrohyrax_interfluvialis,recently described,de novo Dryomys_yarkandensis,NA,"removed for the time being as the description of the species is unavailable, having been described in a preprint",removed (invalid) Pseudomys_fieldi,Pseudomys_gouldii,"fieldi is now a synonym of Pseudomys gouldii, which is now considered an extant species",synonymization Arctophoca_australis,Arctocephalus_australis,moved from Arctophoca back to Arctocephalus,genus change Arctophoca_forsteri,Arctocephalus_forsteri,moved from Arctophoca back to Arctocephalus,genus change Arctophoca_galapagoensis,Arctocephalus_galapagoensis,moved from Arctophoca back to Arctocephalus,genus change Arctophoca_gazella,Arctocephalus_gazella,moved from Arctophoca back to Arctocephalus,genus change Arctophoca_philippii,Arctocephalus_philippii,moved from Arctophoca back to Arctocephalus,genus change Arctophoca_townsendi,Arctocephalus_townsendi,moved from Arctophoca back to Arctocephalus,genus change Arctophoca_tropicalis,Arctocephalus_tropicalis,moved from Arctophoca back to Arctocephalus,genus change Rhinolophus_luctus,Rhinolophus_foetidus,split from Rhinolophus luctus,split NA,Rhinolophus_yonghoiseni,recently described,de novo NA,Chingawaemys_rarus,recently described,de novo Praomys_lukolelae,Congomys_lukolelae,moved from Praomys to Congomys,genus change Praomys_verschureni,Congomys_verschureni,moved from Praomys to Congomys,genus change Praomys_delectorum,Montemys_delectorum,moved from Praomys to Montemys,genus change Myomyscus_angolensis,Mastomys_angolensis,moved from Myomyscus to Mastomys,genus change Myomyscus_brockmani,Ochromyscus_brockmani,moved from Myomyscus to Ochromyscus,genus change Myomyscus_yemeni,Ochromyscus_yemeni,moved from Myomyscus to Ochromyscus,genus change Mastomys_pernanus,Serengetimys_pernanus,moved from Mastomys to Serengetimys,genus change Dendromus_nikolausi,Megadendromus_nikolausi,moved back to Megadendromus from Dendromus,genus change Dendromus_messorius,Dendromus_kumasi,split from Dendromus messorius,split Dendromus_nyikae,Poemys_nyikae,moved from Dendromus to Poemys,genus change Dendromus_melanotis,Poemys_pecilei,split from Dendromus melanotis and moved from Dendromus to Poemys,split + genus change Lepilemur_mittermeieri,Lepilemur_dorsalis,mittermeieri is now a synonym of Lepilemur dorsalis,synonymization Cercopithecus_dryas,Chlorocebus_dryas,moved from Cercopithecus to Chlorocebus,genus change Sylvilagus_floridanus,Sylvilagus_holzneri,split from Sylvilagus floridanus,split Sylvilagus_robustus,Sylvilagus_holzneri,robustus was lumped into Sylvilagus holzneri,synonymization Sylvilagus_cognatus,Sylvilagus_holzneri,cognatus was lumped into Sylvilagus holzneri,synonymization NA,Eptesicus_lanigeri,recently described,de novo NA,Mico_schneideri,recently described,de novo