finbif_taxa: Search the FinBIF taxa

In finbif: Interface for the 'Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility' API

Search the FinBIF taxa

Description

Search the FinBIF database for taxon.

Usage

finbif_taxa(
  name,
  n = 1,
  type = c("exact", "partial", "likely"),
  cache = getOption("finbif_use_cache")
)

common_name(name, locale = getOption("finbif_locale"))

scientific_name(name)

taxon_id(name)

Arguments

name	Character. The name or ID of a taxon. Or, for functions other than finbif_taxa a finbif_taxa object.
n	Integer. Maximum number of matches to return. For types "exact" and "likely" only one taxon will be returned.
type	Character. Type of match to make. Must be one of exact, partial or likely.
cache	Logical or Integer. If TRUE or a number greater than zero, then data-caching will be used. If not logical then cache will be invalidated after the number of hours indicated by the argument.
locale	Character. One of the supported two-letter ISO 639-1 language codes. Current supported languages are English, Finnish and Swedish. For data where more than one language is available the language denoted by locale will be preferred while falling back to the other languages in the order indicated above.

Value

For finbif_taxa a finbif_taxa object. Otherwise, a character vector.

Examples

## Not run: 

# Search for a taxon
finbif_taxa("Ursus arctos")

# Use partial matching
finbif_taxa("Ursus", n = 10, "partial")

# Get Swedish name of Eurasian Eagle-owl
common_name("Bubo bubo", "sv")

# Get scientific name of "Otter"
scientific_name("Otter")

# Get taxon identifier of "Otter"
taxon_id("Otter")


## End(Not run)

finbif documentation built on April 12, 2025, 2:22 a.m.