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NMNH Extant Specimen Records (USNM, US)

Specimen Records: 9,302,779
Media Records: 5,570,146
iDigBio Last Ingested Date: 2026-01-23

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  i8690025
93.413
dwc_datasetid_added  i7813368
83.99
dwc_parentnameusageid_added  i7813368
83.99
dwc_taxonid_added  i7813368
83.99
dwc_taxonomicstatus_added  i7813368
83.99
gbif_canonicalname_added  i7813368
83.99
gbif_genericname_added  i7813368
83.99
gbif_taxon_corrected  i7813368
83.99
dwc_taxonrank_added  i6833000
73.451
gbif_reference_added  i6641915
71.397
gbif_vernacularname_added  i5414225
58.2
dwc_multimedia_added  i4484779
48.209
dwc_scientificnameauthorship_replaced  i4415744
47.467
dwc_continent_replaced  i4013306
43.141
dwc_class_replaced  i3238014
34.807
dwc_phylum_added  i3156738
33.933
dwc_scientificnameauthorship_added  i2564367
27.566
dwc_originalnameusageid_added  i2559412
27.512
geopoint_datum_missing  i2538138
27.284
taxon_match_failed  i1990390
21.396
geopoint_low_precision  i1188169
12.772
rev_geocode_eez  i1045371
11.237
dwc_taxonrank_replaced  i978528
10.519
dwc_continent_added  i943924
10.147
dwc_specificepithet_replaced  i828183
8.903
dwc_family_replaced  i572486
6.154
dwc_order_added  i483515
5.198
dwc_genus_replaced  i424851
4.567
dwc_taxonremarks_added  i342022
3.677
dwc_order_replaced  i270195
2.904
geopoint_datum_error  i140314
1.508
dwc_infraspecificepithet_added  i114763
1.234
dwc_kingdom_suspect  i94384
1.015
dwc_country_replaced  i93603
1.006
dwc_class_added  i82330
0.885
dwc_stateprovince_replaced  i74655
0.803
rev_geocode_mismatch  i68062
0.732
dwc_phylum_replaced  i58662
0.631
rev_geocode_failure  i55990
0.602
dwc_family_added  i42005
0.452
dwc_kingdom_replaced  i21939
0.236
rev_geocode_corrected  i9787
0.105
dwc_infraspecificepithet_replaced  i9729
0.105
dwc_specificepithet_added  i6710
0.072
rev_geocode_lon_sign  i4961
0.053
rev_geocode_lat_sign  i3286
0.035
rev_geocode_eez_corrected  i3184
0.034
dwc_acceptednameusageid_added  i2747
0.03
dwc_kingdom_added  i2303
0.025
dwc_genus_added  i2086
0.022
rev_geocode_flip  i774
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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