Catálogo Taxonômico da Fauna do Brasil database - Version 1.17

A dataset containing a subset of the Catálogo Taxonômico da Fauna do Brasil database (version 1.17)

data(fauna_data)

Format

A data.frame with 9558 rows and 19 variables:

species

Species names

subspecies

Subspecies names

scientificName

Complete scientific name of the species

validName

Valid name of the species (NA when the name in species is already a valid name)

kingdom

Kingdom to which species belongs (Animalia)

phylum

Phylum to which species belongs

class

Class to which species belongs

order

Order to which species belongs

family

Family to which species belongs

genus

Genus to which species belongs

lifeForm

Life form of the species (e.g: free_living_individual, colonial, sessile, etc.)

habitat

Habitat type of the species (e.g., terrestrial, arboreal, freshwater, etc.)

states

Federal states with confirmed occurrences of the species

countryCode

Countries with confirmed occurrences of the species

origin

Indicates whether the species is native, introduced, domesticated, cryptogenic or invasive

taxonomicStatus

Indicates the level of recognition and acceptance of the species (valid or synonym)

nomenclaturalStatus

Indicates the legitimacy and validity of the species name (original_combination, changed_combination, etc.)

vernacularName

Locally or culturally used name for the species

taxonRank

Taxonomic rank (Species, Genus, Family, Order, etc). This data contains only Species

References

Brazilian Zoology Group. Catálogo Taxonômico da Fauna do Brasil. Available at: https://ipt.jbrj.gov.br/jbrj/resource?r=catalogo_taxonomico_da_fauna_do_brasil