A backbone of the terrestrial and marine mammal species known for Peru, compiled from Pacheco et al. (2021) "Lista actualizada de la diversidad de los mamíferos del Perú y una propuesta para su actualización".
Usage
data("peru_mammals")Format
A tibble with 573 rows and 12 variables:
- pm_id
Character. Internal stable identifier for the species, combining the original numeric id and an abbreviation of the genus. Intended for internal linking between tables.
- order
Character. Taxonomic order (e.g. Didelphimorphia, Rodentia, Chiroptera).
- family
Character. Taxonomic family.
- genus
Character. Genus name.
- species
Character. Specific epithet.
- scientific_name
Character. Binomial scientific name (Genus species), without authorship. This is the main field used for name validation.
- scientific_name_full
Character. Full scientific name including authorship and year, as provided in the original annex.
- author
Character. Authorship and year of the species name.
- common_name
Character. Common name in Spanish, when available.
- endemic
Logical.
TRUEif the species is considered endemic to Peru in Pacheco et al. (2021),FALSEotherwise.- ecoregions
Character. Comma-separated codes of Peruvian ecoregions where the species occurs, using the abbreviations defined by Pacheco et al. (2021) (e.g.
"YUN, SB, SP"). Seeperu_mammals_ecoregions_metafor code definitions.- reference
Character. Bibliographic notes or specific references supporting the presence or taxonomy of the species.