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NMNH Extant Specimen Records (USNM, US)

Specimen Records: 9,277,970
Media Records: 5,501,076
iDigBio Last Ingested Date: 2025-01-23

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 Ingrid Rochon
RoleScientific Data Manager
Emailrochoni@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  i8658302
93.321
dwc_datasetid_added  i7787712
83.938
dwc_parentnameusageid_added  i7787712
83.938
dwc_taxonid_added  i7787712
83.938
dwc_taxonomicstatus_added  i7787712
83.938
gbif_canonicalname_added  i7787712
83.938
gbif_genericname_added  i7787712
83.938
gbif_taxon_corrected  i7787712
83.938
dwc_taxonrank_added  i6811001
73.41
gbif_reference_added  i6618721
71.338
gbif_vernacularname_added  i5389997
58.095
dwc_multimedia_added  i4467309
48.15
dwc_scientificnameauthorship_replaced  i4366125
47.059
dwc_continent_replaced  i4003898
43.155
dwc_class_replaced  i3230589
34.82
dwc_phylum_added  i3150031
33.952
dwc_scientificnameauthorship_added  i2600403
28.028
dwc_originalnameusageid_added  i2551206
27.497
geopoint_datum_missing  i2509538
27.048
taxon_match_failed  i1997777
21.532
geopoint_low_precision  i1173609
12.649
rev_geocode_eez  i1012980
10.918
dwc_taxonrank_replaced  i974805
10.507
dwc_continent_added  i941510
10.148
dwc_specificepithet_replaced  i831111
8.958
dwc_family_replaced  i602846
6.498
dwc_order_added  i489563
5.277
dwc_genus_replaced  i427451
4.607
dwc_taxonremarks_added  i341784
3.684
dwc_order_replaced  i272994
2.942
dwc_infraspecificepithet_added  i114363
1.233
dwc_kingdom_suspect  i94655
1.02
dwc_country_replaced  i93711
1.01
dwc_class_added  i82534
0.89
geopoint_datum_error  i82316
0.887
dwc_stateprovince_replaced  i74361
0.801
rev_geocode_mismatch  i66253
0.714
dwc_phylum_replaced  i58603
0.632
rev_geocode_failure  i55437
0.598
dwc_family_added  i41965
0.452
dwc_kingdom_replaced  i21937
0.236
dwc_infraspecificepithet_replaced  i9860
0.106
rev_geocode_corrected  i9711
0.105
dwc_specificepithet_added  i6506
0.07
rev_geocode_lon_sign  i4903
0.053
rev_geocode_lat_sign  i3271
0.035
rev_geocode_eez_corrected  i3133
0.034
dwc_acceptednameusageid_added  i2745
0.03
dwc_kingdom_added  i2182
0.024
dwc_genus_added  i2124
0.023
rev_geocode_flip  i762
0.008
geopoint_0_coord  i652
0.007
geopoint_similar_coord  i619
0.007
rev_geocode_flip_both_sign  i549
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  i90
0.001
rev_geocode_both_sign  i76
0.001
rev_geocode_flip_lon_sign  i41
0
geopoint_bounds  i24
0
geopoint_pre_flip  i4
0
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