Mammal Study

Subscribe to Open (S2O) for Mammal Study in 2026 has been approved. All articles in Mammal Study Volume 51 will be open access (OA).

One of the papers published in Mammal Study has been selected for BioOne's Top & Trending Research in January 2026. #marine" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">bioone.org/top-and-trendi…

Papers in Mammal Study volume 51 issue 1 (January 2026) are available from the BioOne website below (Online First). This issue includes 8 Original Papers and 2 Rapid Communications. bioone.org/journals/mamma…

Papers in Mammal Study volume 50 issue 4 (Oct 2025) are available from the BioOne website below (Online First). You can read Open Access papers in this issue including an invited review about studies of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins on Mikurajima Is. bioone.org/journals/mamma…

Papers in Mammal Study volume 50 issue 3 (July 2025) are available from the BioOne website below (Online First). You can read four Open Access papers in this issue for free including an invited review about diets of the Asiatic black bear. bioone.org/journals/mamma…

Murano et al. (2023; Mammal Study 48:219-229, OA), a study of diets of voles in apple orchards in Japan, is featured in BioOne Vista (Pest Management). bioone.org/vista-pest-man…

We are publishing invited reviews in 2025 issues, celebrating the 50th volume of Mammal Study. The second one is now available for free. Yamada and Izawa (2025) reviewed conservation of mammals in the Ryukyu Archipelago!! doi.org/10.3106/ms2024…

Hayashi et al. (2025): press release in Japanese. k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/information/ca…

Kubo et al. (2025): press release in Japanese. k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/information/ca…

8 papers that will be published in Mammal Study volume 50 issue 2 (April 2025) are available from the BioOne website below (Online First). This is the special issue focusing on attractive Ryukyu mammals!!　bioone.org/journals/mamma…

Aota et al. (2024)"Tandem Sleep: A Novel Behavior in Melon-Headed Whales" in 49 (1) was picked up in BioOne Vista, Marine and Freshwater Mammals. bioone.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=…

How do islands shape evolution? A new study tracks millions of years of population changes in 3 unique mammals from Japan’s Central Ryukyu Islands, including the Amami Rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi)! doi.org/10.3106/ms2024…

Sato (2025) in Mammal Study 50 (1) (an invited review of DNA metabarcoding) has been picked up as a BioOne Top & Trending Research in the field of Zoology. #zoology" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">bioone.org/top-and-trendi…

10 papers that will be published in Mammal Study volume 50 issue 1 (January 2025) are now available from the BioOne website below (Online First). An invited review about fecal DNA metabarcoding of rodents is available for free. bioone.org/journals/mamma…

Chibowski et al. (2024) is introduced as a moutain science paper in BioOne VISTA. They surveyed the long-tailed marmot (Marmota caudata) inhabiting a glacier valley in Eastern Pamir (Central Asia). doi.org/10.3106/ms2023…

We will publish several invited reviews in 2025 issues, celebrating the 50th volume of Mammal Study. The first review is now available for free. The author reviewed diets of rodents revealed through the DNA metabarcoding method!! doi.org/10.3106/ms2024…

Editorial board of Mammal Study has been updated. The new Editor-In-Chief is Prof. Masao Amano, a marine mammalogist. You can see the new editorial board at: mammalogy.jp/en/journal/mam…

Mammal Study Award 2024! congratulations! Takeda et al. (2023) Morphology of Metapodiophalangeal Joints and Mobility of Finger and Toe in Bovids. Mammal Study 48(3):145-157. doi.org/10.3106/ms2022…

Mammal Study Award 2024! congratulations! Rengifo et al. (2023) A New Species of Titi Monkey, Genus Cheracebus Byrne et al., 2016 (Primates: Pitheciidae), from Peruvian Amazonia. Mammal Study 48(1):3-18. doi.org/10.3106/ms2022…