found_in_peru: Quick check: Is species found in Peru?

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

Quick check: Is species found in Peru?

Description

Simplified boolean check for species presence in Peru mammals database. Useful for filtering and logical operations.

Usage

found_in_peru(splist, exact_only = FALSE)

Arguments

splist	Character vector of species names
exact_only	Logical. If TRUE, only exact matches return TRUE (default: FALSE)

Value

Logical vector (TRUE = found, FALSE = not found)

Examples

species <- c("Panthera onca", "Tremarctos orrnatus",
             "Tremarctos orrnatos", "Felis catus")

# Check presence (includes fuzzy matches)
found_in_peru(species)

tibble::tibble(splist = species) |>
 dplyr::mutate(endemic = found_in_peru(splist))

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