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A number of metrics have been derived from the coverage and indexing created for Zoological Record®. Suggestions for other metrics are welcome.

Total number of new taxa published since 1864

Numbers of new taxa described in the worldwide scientific literature and included in Zoological Record® also individually records all taxonomic and nomenclatural acts from those publications.


Total New Names1,788,908
Total New Genera / Subgenera242,470
Total New Species / Subspecies1,430,603
Total Other New Names450,579
Total New Combinations337,491
Total New Synonyms336,766