About the Authors

Michael W. Nachman

mnachman@berkeley.edu

Affiliation Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Elizabeth J. Beckman

Affiliation Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Rauri CK Bowie

Affiliation Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Carla Cicero

Affiliation Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Chris J. Conroy

Affiliation Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Robert Dudley

Affiliation Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Tyrone B. Hayes

Affiliation Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Michelle S. Koo

Affiliation Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Eileen A. Lacey

Affiliation Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Christopher H. Martin

Affiliation Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Jimmy A. McGuire

Affiliation Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

James L. Patton

Affiliation Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Carol L. Spencer

Affiliation Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Rebecca D. Tarvin

Affiliation Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Marvalee H. Wake

Affiliation Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Ian J. Wang

Affiliation Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Anang Achmadi

Affiliation Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Cibinong, Indonesia

Sergio Ticul Álvarez-Castañeda

Affiliation Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, La Paz, México

Michael J. Andersen

Affiliation Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Jairo Arroyave

Affiliation Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico

Christopher C. Austin

Affiliation Museum of Natural Science and Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

F Keith Barker

Affiliation Bell Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Lisa N. Barrow

Affiliation Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

George F. Barrowclough

Affiliation American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America

John Bates

Affiliation Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Aaron M. Bauer

Affiliation Department of Biology, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Kayce C. Bell

Affiliation Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Rayna C. Bell

Affiliation California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Allison W. Bronson

Affiliation Biological Sciences, California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, Arcata, California, United States of America

Rafe M. Brown

Affiliation Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Frank T. Burbrink

Affiliation American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America

Kevin J. Burns

Affiliation Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Carlos Daniel Cadena

Affiliation Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia

David C. Cannatella

Affiliation Biodiversity Center & Dept. of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Todd A. Castoe

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, United States of America

Prosanta Chakrabarty

Affiliation Museum of Natural Science and Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Jocelyn P. Colella

Affiliation Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Joseph A. Cook

Affiliation Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Joel L. Cracraft

Affiliation American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America

Drew R. Davis

Affiliation Natural History Museum and Dept. of Biology, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, New Mexico, United States of America

Alison R. Davis Rabosky

Affiliation Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Guillermo D’Elía

Affiliation Instituto de Cs. Ambientales y Evolutivas, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile

John P. Dumbacher

Affiliation California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Jonathan L. Dunnum

Affiliation Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Scott V. Edwards

Affiliation Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jacob A. Esselstyn

Affiliation Museum of Natural Science and Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Julián Faivovich

Affiliation Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia", Buenos Aires, Argentina

Jon Fjeldså

Affiliation Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Oscar A. Flores-Villela

Affiliation Museo de Zoología, F.C. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico

Kassandra Ford

Affiliation Bell Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Jérôme Fuchs

Affiliation ISYEB, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, France

Matthew K. Fujita

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, United States of America

Jeffrey M. Good

Affiliation Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, United States of America

Eli Greenbaum

Affiliation Biodiversity Collections and Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States of America

Harry W. Greene

Affiliation Biodiversity Center & Dept. of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Shannon Hackett

Affiliation Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Amir Hamidy

Affiliation Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Cibinong, Indonesia

James Hanken

Affiliation Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Tri Haryoko

Affiliation Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Cibinong, Indonesia

Melissa TR Hawkins

Affiliation Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, United States of America

Lawrence R. Heaney

Affiliation Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

David M. Hillis

Affiliation Biodiversity Center & Dept. of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Bradford D. Hollingsworth

Affiliation San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, California, United States of America

Angela D. Hornsby

Affiliation Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, United States of America

Peter A. Hosner

Affiliation Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Mohammad Irham

Affiliation Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Cibinong, Indonesia

Sharon Jansa

Affiliation Bell Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Rosa Alicia Jiménez

Affiliation Escuela de Biología, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala

Leo Joseph

Affiliation Australian National Wildlife Collection, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia

Jeremy J. Kirchman

Affiliation New York State Museum, Albany, New York, United States of America

Travis J. LaDuc

Affiliation Biodiversity Center & Dept. of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Adam D. Leaché

Affiliation Burke Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Enrique P. Lessa

Affiliation Departamento de Ecología y Evolución, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay

Hernán López-Fernández

Affiliation Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Nicholas A. Mason

Affiliation Museum of Natural Science and Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

John E. McCormack

Affiliation Moore Laboratory of Zoology, Occidental College, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Caleb D. McMahan

Affiliation Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Robert G. Moyle

Affiliation Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Ricardo A. Ojeda

Affiliation CONICET, Centro de Ciencia y Técnica Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina

Link E. Olson

Affiliation University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America

Chan Kin Onn

Affiliation National University of Singapore, Singapore

Lynne R. Parenti

Affiliation Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, United States of America

Gabriela Parra-Olea

Affiliation Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico

Bruce D. Patterson

Affiliation Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Gregory B. Pauly

Affiliation Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Silvia E. Pavan

Affiliation Biological Sciences, California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, Arcata, California, United States of America

A Townsend Peterson

Affiliation Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Steven Poe

Affiliation Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Daniel L. Rabosky

Affiliation Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Christopher J. Raxworthy

Affiliation American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America

Sushma Reddy

Affiliation Bell Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Alejandro Rico-Guevara

Affiliation Burke Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Awal Riyanto

Affiliation Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Cibinong, Indonesia

Luiz A. Rocha

Affiliation California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Santiago R. Ron

Affiliation Museo de Zoología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

Sean M. Rovito

Affiliation Unidad de Genómica Avanzada, Cinvestav, Mexico

Kevin C. Rowe

Affiliation Museums Victoria Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia

Jodi Rowley

Affiliation Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia

Sara Ruane

Affiliation Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

David Salazar-Valenzuela

Affiliation Facultad de Ciencias de Medio Ambiente, Universidad Indoamérica, Quito, Ecuador

Allison J. Shultz

Affiliation Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Brian Sidlauskas

Affiliation Dept. of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

Derek S. Sikes

Affiliation University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America

Nancy B. Simmons

Affiliation American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America

Melanie L. J. Stiassny

Affiliation American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America

Jeffrey W. Streicher

Affiliation Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom

Bryan L. Stuart

Affiliation North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Adam P. Summers

Affiliation Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington, Friday Harbor, Washington, United States of America

Jose Tavera

Affiliation Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia

Pablo Teta

Affiliation Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia", Buenos Aires, Argentina

Cody W. Thompson

Affiliation Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Robert M. Timm

Affiliation Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Omar Torres-Carvajal

Affiliation Museo de Zoología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

Gary Voelker

Affiliation Dept. Ecology and Conservation Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Robert S. Voss

Affiliation American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America

Kevin Winker

Affiliation University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America

Christopher Witt

Affiliation Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Elizabeth A. Wommack

Affiliation University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

Robert M. Zink

Affiliation University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.