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NMNH Extant Specimen Records (USNM, US)

Specimen Records: 9,216,821
Media Records: 5,366,132
iDigBio Last Ingested Date: 2024-01-31

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  i8607848
93.393
dwc_datasetid_added  i7749719
84.082
dwc_parentnameusageid_added  i7749719
84.082
dwc_taxonid_added  i7749719
84.082
dwc_taxonomicstatus_added  i7749719
84.082
gbif_canonicalname_added  i7749719
84.082
gbif_genericname_added  i7749719
84.082
gbif_taxon_corrected  i7749719
84.082
dwc_taxonrank_added  i6780690
73.569
gbif_reference_added  i6582915
71.423
gbif_vernacularname_added  i5361727
58.173
dwc_multimedia_added  i4444829
48.225
dwc_scientificnameauthorship_replaced  i4329104
46.97
dwc_continent_replaced  i3986289
43.25
dwc_class_replaced  i3254680
35.312
dwc_phylum_added  i3175673
34.455
dwc_scientificnameauthorship_added  i2606300
28.278
dwc_originalnameusageid_added  i2537738
27.534
geopoint_datum_missing  i2477895
26.884
taxon_match_failed  i1992982
21.623
geopoint_low_precision  i1162467
12.612
rev_geocode_eez  i1001342
10.864
dwc_taxonrank_replaced  i967117
10.493
dwc_continent_added  i935885
10.154
dwc_specificepithet_replaced  i835617
9.066
dwc_family_replaced  i606145
6.577
dwc_order_added  i487980
5.294
dwc_genus_replaced  i426619
4.629
dwc_taxonremarks_added  i341997
3.711
dwc_order_replaced  i288386
3.129
dwc_class_added  i171844
1.864
dwc_infraspecificepithet_added  i115341
1.251
dwc_country_replaced  i93602
1.016
dwc_kingdom_suspect  i93544
1.015
dwc_stateprovince_replaced  i73964
0.802
rev_geocode_mismatch  i66131
0.718
rev_geocode_failure  i54923
0.596
dwc_family_added  i41962
0.455
dwc_phylum_replaced  i34553
0.375
dwc_kingdom_replaced  i21923
0.238
geopoint_datum_error  i21311
0.231
dwc_infraspecificepithet_replaced  i9830
0.107
rev_geocode_corrected  i9639
0.105
dwc_specificepithet_added  i6321
0.069
rev_geocode_lon_sign  i4829
0.052
rev_geocode_lat_sign  i3267
0.035
rev_geocode_eez_corrected  i3124
0.034
dwc_acceptednameusageid_added  i2754
0.03
dwc_genus_added  i2058
0.022
dwc_kingdom_added  i1852
0.02
rev_geocode_flip  i759
0.008
geopoint_0_coord  i647
0.007
geopoint_similar_coord  i617
0.007
rev_geocode_flip_both_sign  i543
0.006
rev_geocode_flip_lat_sign  i124
0.001
dwc_taxonrank_invalid  i117
0.001
dwc_taxonrank_removed  i117
0.001
dwc_country_added  i86
0.001
rev_geocode_both_sign  i75
0.001
rev_geocode_flip_lon_sign  i42
0
geopoint_bounds  i25
0
geopoint_pre_flip  i4
0
scientificname_added  i1
0
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