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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 Names | 1,771,939 |
| Total New Genera / Subgenera | 240,831 |
| Total New Species / Subspecies | 1,415,968 |
| Total Other New Names | 450,345 |
| Total New Combinations | 331,844 |
| Total New Synonyms | 333,227 |
