peru_mammals: Mammal species of Peru based on Pacheco et al. (2021)

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

Mammal species of Peru based on Pacheco et al. (2021)

Description

A backbone of the terrestrial and marine mammal species known for Peru, compiled from Pacheco et al. (2021) "Lista actualizada de la diversidad de los mamíferos del Perú y una propuesta para su actualización".

Usage

data("peru_mammals")

Format

A tibble with 573 rows and 12 variables:

pm_id

Character. Internal stable identifier for the species, combining the original numeric id and an abbreviation of the genus. Intended for internal linking between tables.

order

Character. Taxonomic order (e.g. Didelphimorphia, Rodentia, Chiroptera).

family

Character. Taxonomic family.

genus

Character. Genus name.

species

Character. Specific epithet.

scientific_name

Character. Binomial scientific name (Genus species), without authorship. This is the main field used for name validation.

scientific_name_full

Character. Full scientific name including authorship and year, as provided in the original annex.

author

Character. Authorship and year of the species name.

common_name

Character. Common name in Spanish, when available.

endemic

Logical. TRUE if the species is considered endemic to Peru in Pacheco et al. (2021), FALSE otherwise.

ecoregions

Character. Comma-separated codes of Peruvian ecoregions where the species occurs, using the abbreviations defined by Pacheco et al. (2021) (e.g. "YUN, SB, SP"). See peru_mammals_ecoregions_meta for code definitions.

reference

Character. Bibliographic notes or specific references supporting the presence or taxonomy of the species.

Details

Each row corresponds to a single species as listed in the original annex of the paper. This dataset is the main taxonomic backbone used by the perumammals package.

Source

Pacheco, V., Cadenillas, R., Zeballos, H., Hurtado, C. M., Ruelas, D., & Pari, A. (2021). Lista actualizada de la diversidad de los mamíferos del Perú y una propuesta para su actualización.

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