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NMNH Extant Specimen Records (USNM, US)

Specimen Records: 9,274,113
Media Records: 5,546,131
iDigBio Last Ingested Date: 2025-05-23

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  i8662385
93.404
dwc_datasetid_added  i7791135
84.009
dwc_parentnameusageid_added  i7791135
84.009
dwc_taxonid_added  i7791135
84.009
dwc_taxonomicstatus_added  i7791135
84.009
gbif_canonicalname_added  i7791135
84.009
gbif_genericname_added  i7791135
84.009
gbif_taxon_corrected  i7791135
84.009
dwc_taxonrank_added  i6814530
73.479
gbif_reference_added  i6621436
71.397
gbif_vernacularname_added  i5396730
58.191
dwc_multimedia_added  i4470933
48.209
dwc_scientificnameauthorship_replaced  i4391253
47.35
dwc_continent_replaced  i4002727
43.16
dwc_class_replaced  i3236151
34.894
dwc_phylum_added  i3155216
34.022
dwc_scientificnameauthorship_added  i2572173
27.735
dwc_originalnameusageid_added  i2551494
27.512
geopoint_datum_missing  i2521465
27.188
taxon_match_failed  i1992231
21.482
geopoint_low_precision  i1181737
12.742
rev_geocode_eez  i1034073
11.15
dwc_taxonrank_replaced  i974737
10.51
dwc_continent_added  i942595
10.164
dwc_specificepithet_replaced  i828450
8.933
dwc_family_replaced  i569610
6.142
dwc_order_added  i482786
5.206
dwc_genus_replaced  i425125
4.584
dwc_taxonremarks_added  i342041
3.688
dwc_order_replaced  i269989
2.911
geopoint_datum_error  i140273
1.513
dwc_infraspecificepithet_added  i114488
1.234
dwc_kingdom_suspect  i94597
1.02
dwc_country_replaced  i93566
1.009
dwc_class_added  i82335
0.888
dwc_stateprovince_replaced  i74408
0.802
rev_geocode_mismatch  i67847
0.732
dwc_phylum_replaced  i58639
0.632
rev_geocode_failure  i55569
0.599
dwc_family_added  i41965
0.452
dwc_kingdom_replaced  i21939
0.237
rev_geocode_corrected  i9793
0.106
dwc_infraspecificepithet_replaced  i9683
0.104
dwc_specificepithet_added  i6507
0.07
rev_geocode_lon_sign  i4952
0.053
rev_geocode_lat_sign  i3285
0.035
rev_geocode_eez_corrected  i3181
0.034
dwc_acceptednameusageid_added  i2747
0.03
dwc_kingdom_added  i2312
0.025
dwc_genus_added  i2111
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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