Congratulations to editors of the Atlas of mammal distribution in the European part of Russia, which has recently been published. This atlas provides information on the distribution of the 202 terrestrial and marine mammal species that occur in the European part of Russia and its surrounding waters, as far east as the Urals.
Each species has a map (on a 50km x 50km grid) and accompanying text giving information on: Description, variation, distribution, and ecology. The maps show confirmed records of each species before or after the beginning of 1973 and for many species also include a habitat suitability layer derived from habitat modelling. Each map also includes a QR code, which links to the data for that species on the associated website. An example map for the Eurasian beaver Castor fiber is shown.
The data used for the published atlas can be found on the project website www.rusmam.ru, which also includes a list of the 334 mammal species (including Cetacea) recorded in the whole of Russia.
Reference
Atlas of mammal distribution in the European part of Russia. Lissovsky A. A., Stakheev V. V., Saveljev A. P., Ermakov O. A., Smirnov D. G., Glazov D. M., Obolenskaya E. V., Sheftel B. I., and Titov S. V. (eds). Moscow: KMK Scientific Press, 2025. ISBN 978-5-907747-89-0