pm_list_families: List taxonomic families in the Peruvian mammal backbone

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

List taxonomic families in the Peruvian mammal backbone

Description

Summarises the number of genera, species and endemic species per family. Optionally filters the output to one or more taxonomic orders.

Usage

pm_list_families(order = NULL)

Arguments

order

Optional character vector specifying one or more taxonomic orders to include. If NULL (default), all orders are included. Order names are case-sensitive (e.g., "Rodentia", "Chiroptera").

Value

A tibble with one row per family, arranged by order and family name, with the following columns:

order

Taxonomic order

family

Family name

n_genera

Number of genera in the family

n_species

Number of species in the family

n_endemic

Number of endemic species to Peru in the family

Examples

# All families
pm_list_families()

# Only families within Rodentia
pm_list_families(order = "Rodentia")

# Multiple orders
pm_list_families(order = c("Rodentia", "Chiroptera"))

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