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NMNH Extant Specimen Records (USNM, US)

Specimen Records: 9,170,963
Media Records: 5,145,776
iDigBio Last Ingested Date: 2023-04-03

Public records of accessioned specimens and observations curated by the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. These data are from the Departments of Botany, Entomology, Invertebrate Zoology and Vertebrate Zoology (Amphibians & Reptiles, Birds, Fishes, and Mammals) and include more than 270,000 primary type specimen records.

Contacts

Name Thomas Orrell
RoleDeputy Director, Research Informatics Program
Emailorrellt@si.edu
Name Informatics Office
RoleIPT Administrator
Emailinformaticshelp@si.edu
Name Thomas Orrell
RoleDeputy Director, Research Informatics Program
Emailorrellt@si.edu
Name Informatics Office
RoleIPT Administrator
Emailinformaticshelp@si.edu
Name Chris Tuccinardi
RoleInformation Management
Emailtuccinar@si.edu
Name Karen Reed
RoleData Manager
Emailreedk@si.edu
Name Jessica Bird
RoleCollections Information Manager
Emailbirdj@si.edu
Name Diane Pitassy
RoleActing Collection Manager/Data Manager
Emailpitassyd@si.edu
Name Collection Managers
RoleCollection Managers
EmailNMNH-HerpsCM@si.edu
Name Brian Schmidt
RoleData Manager
Emailschmidtb@si.edu
Name Ingrid Rochon
RoleScientific Data Manager
Emailrochoni@si.edu
Name Thomas Orrell
RoleDeputy Director, Research Informatics Program
Emailorrellt@si.edu
Name Informatics Office
RoleIPT Administrator
Emailinformaticshelp@si.edu
  • Data Corrected
  • Data Use
  • Raw
This table shows any data corrections that were performed on this recordset to improve the capabilities of iDigBio Search. The first column represents the correction performed. The last two columns represent the number and percentage of records that were corrected. A complete list of the data quality flags and their descriptions can be found here. Clicking on a data flag name will take you to a search for all records with this flag in this recordset.
FlagRecords With This Flag(%) Percent With This Flag
idigbio_isocountrycode_added  i8554538
93.279
dwc_datasetid_added  i7719278
84.171
dwc_parentnameusageid_added  i7719278
84.171
dwc_taxonid_added  i7719278
84.171
dwc_taxonomicstatus_added  i7719278
84.171
gbif_canonicalname_added  i7719278
84.171
gbif_genericname_added  i7719278
84.171
gbif_taxon_corrected  i7719278
84.171
dwc_taxonrank_added  i6751888
73.622
gbif_reference_added  i6568869
71.627
gbif_vernacularname_added  i5349848
58.335
dwc_multimedia_added  i4432945
48.337
dwc_scientificnameauthorship_replaced  i4283383
46.706
dwc_continent_replaced  i3975272
43.346
dwc_class_replaced  i3246364
35.398
dwc_phylum_added  i3167542
34.539
dwc_scientificnameauthorship_added  i2630301
28.681
dwc_originalnameusageid_added  i2530517
27.593
geopoint_datum_missing  i2437121
26.574
taxon_match_failed  i1993019
21.732
geopoint_low_precision  i1151513
12.556
rev_geocode_eez  i993070
10.828
dwc_taxonrank_replaced  i965577
10.529
dwc_continent_added  i907777
9.898
dwc_specificepithet_replaced  i845904
9.224
dwc_family_replaced  i709808
7.74
dwc_order_replaced  i594774
6.485
dwc_order_added  i489546
5.338
dwc_genus_replaced  i438296
4.779
dwc_taxonremarks_added  i341000
3.718
dwc_class_added  i176531
1.925
dwc_infraspecificepithet_added  i115677
1.261
dwc_kingdom_suspect  i95376
1.04
dwc_country_replaced  i89343
0.974
dwc_stateprovince_replaced  i69721
0.76
rev_geocode_mismatch  i65346
0.713
rev_geocode_failure  i54186
0.591
dwc_family_added  i41877
0.457
dwc_phylum_replaced  i36829
0.402
dwc_kingdom_replaced  i21833
0.238
geopoint_datum_error  i20190
0.22
dwc_infraspecificepithet_replaced  i9794
0.107
rev_geocode_corrected  i9450
0.103
dwc_specificepithet_added  i6323
0.069
rev_geocode_lon_sign  i4683
0.051
rev_geocode_lat_sign  i3231
0.035
rev_geocode_eez_corrected  i3101
0.034
dwc_acceptednameusageid_added  i2114
0.023
dwc_genus_added  i1677
0.018
dwc_kingdom_added  i1138
0.012
rev_geocode_flip  i754
0.008
geopoint_0_coord  i647
0.007
geopoint_similar_coord  i610
0.007
rev_geocode_flip_both_sign  i543
0.006
rev_geocode_flip_lat_sign  i123
0.001
dwc_taxonrank_invalid  i117
0.001
dwc_taxonrank_removed  i117
0.001
dwc_country_added  i85
0.001
rev_geocode_both_sign  i74
0.001
rev_geocode_flip_lon_sign  i42
0
geopoint_bounds  i25
0
geopoint_pre_flip  i4
0
scientificname_added  i2
0
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