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NMNH Extant Specimen Records (USNM, US)

Specimen Records: 9,277,499
Media Records: 5,547,599
iDigBio Last Ingested Date: 2025-06-23

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  i8666147
93.41
dwc_datasetid_added  i7794153
84.011
dwc_parentnameusageid_added  i7794153
84.011
dwc_taxonid_added  i7794153
84.011
dwc_taxonomicstatus_added  i7794153
84.011
gbif_canonicalname_added  i7794153
84.011
gbif_genericname_added  i7794153
84.011
gbif_taxon_corrected  i7794153
84.011
dwc_taxonrank_added  i6817533
73.485
gbif_reference_added  i6624360
71.402
gbif_vernacularname_added  i5398914
58.194
dwc_multimedia_added  i4472801
48.211
dwc_scientificnameauthorship_replaced  i4395395
47.377
dwc_continent_replaced  i4004223
43.161
dwc_class_replaced  i3236248
34.883
dwc_phylum_added  i3155288
34.01
dwc_scientificnameauthorship_added  i2570460
27.706
dwc_originalnameusageid_added  i2552465
27.512
geopoint_datum_missing  i2524098
27.207
taxon_match_failed  i1992816
21.48
geopoint_low_precision  i1183012
12.751
rev_geocode_eez  i1036055
11.167
dwc_taxonrank_replaced  i974752
10.507
dwc_continent_added  i943338
10.168
dwc_specificepithet_replaced  i828339
8.928
dwc_family_replaced  i570358
6.148
dwc_order_added  i482916
5.205
dwc_genus_replaced  i425365
4.585
dwc_taxonremarks_added  i342023
3.687
dwc_order_replaced  i270111
2.911
geopoint_datum_error  i140197
1.511
dwc_infraspecificepithet_added  i114540
1.235
dwc_kingdom_suspect  i94588
1.02
dwc_country_replaced  i93587
1.009
dwc_class_added  i82339
0.888
dwc_stateprovince_replaced  i74428
0.802
rev_geocode_mismatch  i67923
0.732
dwc_phylum_replaced  i58728
0.633
rev_geocode_failure  i55591
0.599
dwc_family_added  i41981
0.453
dwc_kingdom_replaced  i21939
0.236
rev_geocode_corrected  i9797
0.106
dwc_infraspecificepithet_replaced  i9683
0.104
dwc_specificepithet_added  i6508
0.07
rev_geocode_lon_sign  i4956
0.053
rev_geocode_lat_sign  i3285
0.035
rev_geocode_eez_corrected  i3182
0.034
dwc_acceptednameusageid_added  i2747
0.03
dwc_kingdom_added  i2401
0.026
dwc_genus_added  i2112
0.023
rev_geocode_flip  i771
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  i116
0.001
dwc_taxonrank_removed  i116
0.001
rev_geocode_flip_lat_sign  i109
0.001
dwc_country_added  i89
0.001
rev_geocode_both_sign  i76
0.001
rev_geocode_flip_lon_sign  i41
0
geopoint_bounds  i27
0
geopoint_pre_flip  i4
0
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