2022年是中国科学院西北高原生物研究所 (以下简称西高所) 建所60周年 (1962―2022)。西高所的兽类学研究也走过了60年的历程，经历了从无到有，从小到大不断发展壮大的过程。60年来，西高所的兽类学研究始终立足青藏高原，立足基础和应用基础研究，面向国家需求，围绕为区域经济和生态保护服务，在不同阶段开展了大量相应的工作，培养了大批科技人才，出版了多个学术刊物，为我国的兽类学及兽类生态学发展做出了重大贡献。

The year 2022 marks the 60th anniversary (1962?2022) of the establishment of Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology (NWIPB), Chinese Academy of Sciences. The mammalogy research of NWIPB has also gone through the course of 60 years, which has experienced the continuous development and expansion process from nothing to nothing. Over the past 60 years, the research in mammalogy at NWIPB has always been based on the Qinghai?Tibet Plateau, based on basic research and basic application research. To meet the needs of the state, serve for the regional economy and ecological protection, a large number of corresponding work has been carried out on mammalogy, a large number of scientific and technological talents have been cultivated, several academic publictions have been published by NWIPB，which has made a significant contribution to the development of mammalogy and mammalogy ecology.