pm_endemics: List endemic mammal species of Peru

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

List endemic mammal species of Peru

Description

Returns endemic species from the Peruvian mammal backbone, with optional filters by order, family and/or ecoregion.

Usage

pm_endemics(order = NULL, family = NULL, genus = NULL, ecoregion = NULL)

Arguments

order	Optional character vector with one or more taxonomic orders to keep. If NULL (default), no filter is applied by order.
family	Optional character vector with one or more families to keep. If NULL (default), no filter is applied by family.
genus	Optional character vector with one or more genera to keep. If NULL (default), no filter is applied by genus.
ecoregion	Optional character vector with one or more ecoregion codes (e.g. "YUN", "SB", "COS"). If supplied, only species occurring in at least one of the given ecoregions are returned.

Details

This is a convenience wrapper around pm_species() with endemic = TRUE.

Value

A tibble with endemic species (subset of peru_mammals).

Examples

# All endemic species
pm_endemics()

# Endemic rodents
pm_endemics(order = "Rodentia")

# Endemic species in Yungas (YUN)
pm_endemics(ecoregion = "YUN")

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