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NMNH Extant Specimen Records (USNM, US)

Specimen Records: 9,280,184
Media Records: 5,950,795
iDigBio Last Ingested Date: 2025-08-21

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  i8668289
93.406
dwc_datasetid_added  i7795489
84.001
dwc_parentnameusageid_added  i7795489
84.001
dwc_taxonid_added  i7795489
84.001
dwc_taxonomicstatus_added  i7795489
84.001
gbif_canonicalname_added  i7795489
84.001
gbif_genericname_added  i7795489
84.001
gbif_taxon_corrected  i7795489
84.001
dwc_taxonrank_added  i6818782
73.477
gbif_reference_added  i6625762
71.397
gbif_vernacularname_added  i5399430
58.182
dwc_multimedia_added  i4472760
48.197
dwc_scientificnameauthorship_replaced  i4401624
47.43
dwc_continent_replaced  i4004972
43.156
dwc_class_replaced  i3236437
34.875
dwc_phylum_added  i3155304
34
dwc_scientificnameauthorship_added  i2562065
27.608
dwc_originalnameusageid_added  i2553440
27.515
geopoint_datum_missing  i2524791
27.206
taxon_match_failed  i1992229
21.468
geopoint_low_precision  i1183035
12.748
rev_geocode_eez  i1038166
11.187
dwc_taxonrank_replaced  i974913
10.505
dwc_continent_added  i943570
10.168
dwc_specificepithet_replaced  i828000
8.922
dwc_family_replaced  i570460
6.147
dwc_order_added  i483315
5.208
dwc_genus_replaced  i425416
4.584
dwc_taxonremarks_added  i341865
3.684
dwc_order_replaced  i270074
2.91
geopoint_datum_error  i140251
1.511
dwc_infraspecificepithet_added  i114560
1.234
dwc_kingdom_suspect  i94579
1.019
dwc_country_replaced  i93627
1.009
dwc_class_added  i82148
0.885
dwc_stateprovince_replaced  i74512
0.803
rev_geocode_mismatch  i67949
0.732
dwc_phylum_replaced  i58598
0.631
rev_geocode_failure  i55716
0.6
dwc_family_added  i41984
0.452
dwc_kingdom_replaced  i21939
0.236
rev_geocode_corrected  i9782
0.105
dwc_infraspecificepithet_replaced  i9674
0.104
dwc_specificepithet_added  i6508
0.07
rev_geocode_lon_sign  i4959
0.053
rev_geocode_lat_sign  i3285
0.035
rev_geocode_eez_corrected  i3184
0.034
dwc_acceptednameusageid_added  i2747
0.03
dwc_kingdom_added  i2207
0.024
dwc_genus_added  i2090
0.023
rev_geocode_flip  i772
0.008
geopoint_0_coord  i656
0.007
geopoint_similar_coord  i620
0.007
rev_geocode_flip_both_sign  i559
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  i76
0.001
geopoint_bounds  i27
0
rev_geocode_flip_lon_sign  i22
0
geopoint_pre_flip  i4
0
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