This template takes an optional id parameter, heading and page number or numbers for the MSW3 entry on the species or other taxon in question.

For example:

{{MSW3 Schlitter | id = 11200004 | page = 82}}

gives

Schlitter, D. A. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

for the short-snouted elephant shrew, Elephantulus brachyrhynchus (the title link goes to the MSW3 web page for the species entry).

In the following example, a heading is used:

{{MSW3 Schlitter | id = 11200026 | page = 84 | heading = Genus ''Petrodromus''}}

giving

Schlitter, D. A. (2005). "Genus Petrodromus". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

for Petrodromus (the heading link now goes to the MSW3 web page for the genus entry, while the title link goes to the Google Books preview for MSW3).

Schlitter contributed the following sections to MSW3: Order Macroscelidea, Order Tubulidentata and Order Pholidota. When no heading is employed, it may be advantageous to use instead one of the more specific taxon-based templates ({{MSW3 Macroscelidea}}, {{MSW3 Tubulidentata}} or {{MSW3 Pholidota}}), which supply a default chapter heading.