Returns a data.frame with a subset of species from Fauna do Brasil database

subset_fauna(data, species, include_subspecies = FALSE)

Arguments

data

(data.frame) the data.frame imported with the load_faunabr function.

species

(character) names of the species to be extracted from Fauna do Brasil database.

include_subspecies

(logical) include subspecies? Default = FALSE

Value

A data.frame with the selected species.

Examples

data("fauna_data") #Load data example
#Species to extract from database
spp <- c("Panthera onca", "Mazama jucunda", "Subulo gouzoubira")
spp_subset <- subset_fauna(data = fauna_data, species = spp,
                      include_subspecies = FALSE)
spp_subset
#>                species subspecies                     scientificName validName
#> 3520     Panthera onca       <NA>     Panthera onca (Linnaeus, 1758)      <NA>
#> 7502    Mazama jucunda       <NA>        Mazama jucunda Thomas, 1913      <NA>
#> 7575 Subulo gouzoubira       <NA> Subulo gouzoubira G. Fischer, 1814      <NA>
#>       kingdom   phylum    class        order   family    genus
#> 3520 Animalia Chordata Mammalia    Carnivora  Felidae Panthera
#> 7502 Animalia Chordata Mammalia Artiodactyla Cervidae   Mazama
#> 7575 Animalia Chordata Mammalia Artiodactyla Cervidae   Subulo
#>                              lifeForm     habitat
#> 3520           free_living_individual terrestrial
#> 7502                        herbivore terrestrial
#> 7575 herbivore;free_living_individual terrestrial
#>                                                                 states
#> 3520 AC;AM;AP;BA;CE;DF;ES;GO;MA;MG;MS;MT;PA;PI;PR;RJ;RO;RR;RS;SC;SP;TO
#> 7502                                              BA;ES;MG;PR;RJ;SC;SP
#> 7575    AL;BA;CE;DF;ES;GO;MA;MG;MS;MT;PB;PE;PI;PR;RJ;RN;RS;SC;SE;SP;TO
#>                                                   countryCode origin
#> 3520 AR;BO;BR;BZ;CO;CR;EC;GF;GT;GY;HN;MX;NI;PA;PE;PY;SR;US;VE native
#> 7502                                                       BR native
#> 7575                                           AR;BO;BR;PY;UY native
#>      taxonomicStatus nomenclaturalStatus
#> 3520           valid                <NA>
#> 7502           valid                <NA>
#> 7575           valid                <NA>
#>                                                                            vernacularName
#> 3520 Onca-pintada, Jaguarete, Cangucu, Onca-verdadeira, Jaguar, Yaguar, Yaguarete, Jaguar
#> 7502                                                                Veado mateiro pequeno
#> 7575                                                                    Veado catingueiro
#>      taxonRank     id language
#> 3520   species  60793       en
#> 7502   species 213530       en
#> 7575   species 221954       en