Mammal Society of Japan explained

Mammal Society of Japan (MSJ) General Incorporated Association
Native Name:	一般社団法人日本哺乳類学会
Formation:	1987^[1]
Purpose:	Mammalogy
Headquarters:	358-5,, Shinjuku, Tōkyō, Japan
Coords:	35.709°N 139.7294°W
Membership:	1,100
Key People:	(President)^[2]

The is a Japanese society established in 1987 to promote the study of mammals.^{[1] [3]}

History

Upon its establishment, the Society united two predecessor organizations, the, founded in 1949, and the, established in 1963, which itself grew out of the, established in 1955.^{[1] [4]} The Society, however, traces its origins back to the activities of the refounded in 1923, and as such celebrated its ninetieth anniversary in 2013.^{[1] [4]}

Publications

The Society publishes the quarterly journal Mammal Study, successor to the Journal of the Mammalogical Society of Japan, in English, and, in Japanese, the biannual .^[1] It also oversaw publication, in 2015, of the second edition of The Wild Mammals of Japan.^{[1] [5]} A 2018 supplement to Mammalian Science comprises the Japanese names for world mammal taxa, based on the third edition of Mammal Species of the World.^{[6] [7]}

See also

• List of mammals of Japan
• Japanese Red List
• Ornithological Society of Japan

External links

• The Mammal Society of Japan
• Mammal Study
• The Mammal Society of Japan
• Catalogue of Standard Japanese Names for the Mammals of the World

Notes and References

1. Web site: About MSJ . The Mammal Society of Japan . 19 May 2021.
2. Web site: https://www.mammalogy.jp/about/greeting.html . ja:理事長のごあいさつ . Message from the President . ja . The Mammal Society of Japan . 19 May 2021.
3. Web site: Mammal Society of Japan . . 19 May 2021.
4. ja:日本哺乳類学会1987年設立までの歩み―戦後の哺乳類学2組織は如何につくられ如何に合併したか― . A Prehistory of Nihon Honyurui Gakkai (Mammalogical Society of Japan) Before 1987: How and Why Two Mammalogy Organizations were Established After World War II and United to Form the Society . ja . Kaneko Yukibumi .

   ja:金子之史

   . Mammalian Science . ja:哺乳類科学 . The Mammal Society of Japan . 2018 . 58 . 2 . 289–331 . 10.11238/mammalianscience.58.289.
5. Book: The Wild Mammals of Japan . Ohdachi, S. D. . Ishibashi, Y. . 1 . 2 . Shoukadoh and The Mammal Society of Japan . 2015 . 978-4879746917 . viii.
6. ja:世界哺乳類標準和名目録 . Catalogue of Standard Japanese Names for the Mammals of the World . ja . Kawada Shinichirō .

   ja:川田伸一郎

   . etal . Mammalian Science . ja:哺乳類科学 . The Mammal Society of Japan . 2018 . 58 . Supplement . 1–53 . 10.11238/mammalianscience.58.S1.
7. Web site: https://www.mammalogy.jp/list/index.html . ja:世界哺乳類標準和名リスト . List of Standard Japanese Names for the Mammals of the World . ja. The Mammal Society of Japan . 19 May 2021.