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NMNH Extant Specimen Records (USNM, US)

Specimen Records: 9,294,341
Media Records: 5,564,602
iDigBio Last Ingested Date: 2025-09-22

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 and Data Science Center - Digital Stewardship
RoleIPT Administrator
Emailinformaticshelp@si.edu
Name Thomas Orrell
RoleDeputy Director, Research Informatics Program
Emailorrellt@si.edu
Name Informatics and Data Science Center - Digital Stewardship
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 Darrin Lunde
RoleCollection Manager
Emaillunded@si.edu
Name Thomas Orrell
RoleDeputy Director, Research Informatics Program
Emailorrellt@si.edu
Name Informatics and Data Science Center - Digital Stewardship
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  i8681955
93.411
dwc_datasetid_added  i7807620
84.004
dwc_parentnameusageid_added  i7807620
84.004
dwc_taxonid_added  i7807620
84.004
dwc_taxonomicstatus_added  i7807620
84.004
gbif_canonicalname_added  i7807620
84.004
gbif_genericname_added  i7807620
84.004
gbif_taxon_corrected  i7807620
84.004
dwc_taxonrank_added  i6828023
73.464
gbif_reference_added  i6636630
71.405
gbif_vernacularname_added  i5410276
58.21
dwc_multimedia_added  i4482105
48.224
dwc_scientificnameauthorship_replaced  i4405926
47.404
dwc_continent_replaced  i4006746
43.11
dwc_class_replaced  i3236281
34.82
dwc_phylum_added  i3155201
33.948
dwc_scientificnameauthorship_added  i2568282
27.633
dwc_originalnameusageid_added  i2557098
27.512
geopoint_datum_missing  i2532102
27.243
taxon_match_failed  i1993612
21.45
geopoint_low_precision  i1187990
12.782
rev_geocode_eez  i1039543
11.185
dwc_taxonrank_replaced  i977800
10.52
dwc_continent_added  i943815
10.155
dwc_specificepithet_replaced  i828134
8.91
dwc_family_replaced  i572731
6.162
dwc_order_added  i483643
5.204
dwc_genus_replaced  i425636
4.58
dwc_taxonremarks_added  i341877
3.678
dwc_order_replaced  i270274
2.908
geopoint_datum_error  i140321
1.51
dwc_infraspecificepithet_added  i114674
1.234
dwc_kingdom_suspect  i94504
1.017
dwc_country_replaced  i93597
1.007
dwc_class_added  i82212
0.885
dwc_stateprovince_replaced  i74529
0.802
rev_geocode_mismatch  i68057
0.732
dwc_phylum_replaced  i58618
0.631
rev_geocode_failure  i55879
0.601
dwc_family_added  i41985
0.452
dwc_kingdom_replaced  i21939
0.236
rev_geocode_corrected  i9780
0.105
dwc_infraspecificepithet_replaced  i9677
0.104
dwc_specificepithet_added  i6589
0.071
rev_geocode_lon_sign  i4956
0.053
rev_geocode_lat_sign  i3285
0.035
rev_geocode_eez_corrected  i3180
0.034
dwc_acceptednameusageid_added  i2747
0.03
dwc_kingdom_added  i2277
0.024
dwc_genus_added  i2086
0.022
rev_geocode_flip  i773
0.008
geopoint_0_coord  i659
0.007
geopoint_similar_coord  i620
0.007
rev_geocode_flip_both_sign  i558
0.006
dwc_taxonrank_invalid  i110
0.001
dwc_taxonrank_removed  i110
0.001
rev_geocode_flip_lat_sign  i109
0.001
dwc_country_added  i89
0.001
rev_geocode_both_sign  i77
0.001
geopoint_bounds  i27
0
rev_geocode_flip_lon_sign  i22
0
geopoint_pre_flip  i4
0
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