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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 | 1,804,232 |
| Total New Genera / Subgenera | 243,951 |
| Total New Species / Subspecies | 1,443,903 |
| Total Other New Names | 450,746 |
| Total New Combinations | 342,637 |
| Total New Synonyms | 340,787 |
