dot-splist_classify: Classify species names into taxonomic components

In perumammals: Taxonomic Backbone and Name Validation Tools for Mammals of Peru

Classify species names into taxonomic components

Description

Internal wrapper function to classify multiple species names into their taxonomic components (genus, species, author). Peru mammals database does not include infraspecific taxa, but this function handles "sp." notations for undescribed species (e.g., "Akodon sp. Ancash").

Automatic normalization: Empty strings ("", " ", etc.) are automatically converted to NA before processing, as they represent missing values and cannot match any names in the database.

Usage

.splist_classify(x)

Arguments

x	Character vector of species names

Value

Matrix with classified name components

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