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Returns endemic species from the Peruvian mammal backbone, with optional filters by order, family and/or ecoregion.

Usage

pm_endemics(order = NULL, family = NULL, genus = NULL, ecoregion = NULL)

Arguments

order

Optional character vector with one or more taxonomic orders to keep. If NULL (default), no filter is applied by order.

family

Optional character vector with one or more families to keep. If NULL (default), no filter is applied by family.

genus

Optional character vector with one or more genera to keep. If NULL (default), no filter is applied by genus.

ecoregion

Optional character vector with one or more ecoregion codes (e.g. "YUN", "SB", "COS"). If supplied, only species occurring in at least one of the given ecoregions are returned.

Value

A tibble with endemic species (subset of peru_mammals).

Details

This is a convenience wrapper around pm_species() with endemic = TRUE.

Examples


# All endemic species
pm_endemics()
#> # A tibble: 87 × 5
#>    order      family           genus         species   scientific_name     
#>    <chr>      <chr>            <chr>         <chr>     <chr>               
#>  1 Chiroptera Molossidae       Eumops        chiribaya Eumops chiribaya    
#>  2 Chiroptera Molossidae       Mormopterus   phrudus   Mormopterus phrudus 
#>  3 Chiroptera Molossidae       Tomopeas      ravus     Tomopeas ravus      
#>  4 Chiroptera Phyllostomidae   Anoura        javieri   Anoura javieri      
#>  5 Chiroptera Phyllostomidae   Hsunycteris   dashe     Hsunycteris dashe   
#>  6 Chiroptera Phyllostomidae   Micronycteris matses    Micronycteris matses
#>  7 Chiroptera Vespertilionidae Eptesicus     mochica   Eptesicus mochica   
#>  8 Chiroptera Vespertilionidae Lasiurus      arequipae Lasiurus arequipae  
#>  9 Chiroptera Vespertilionidae Myotis        bakeri    Myotis bakeri       
#> 10 Cingulata  Dasypodidae      Dasypus       pilosus   Dasypus pilosus     
#> # ℹ 77 more rows

# Endemic rodents
pm_endemics(order = "Rodentia")
#> # A tibble: 56 × 5
#>    order    family        genus      species           scientific_name         
#>    <chr>    <chr>         <chr>      <chr>             <chr>                   
#>  1 Rodentia Abrocomidae   Cuscomys   ashaninka         Cuscomys ashaninka      
#>  2 Rodentia Abrocomidae   Cuscomys   oblativus         Cuscomys oblativus      
#>  3 Rodentia Chinchillidae Lagostomus crassus           Lagostomus crassus      
#>  4 Rodentia Cricetidae    Aegialomys ica               Aegialomys ica          
#>  5 Rodentia Cricetidae    Akodon     josemariarguedasi Akodon josemariarguedasi
#>  6 Rodentia Cricetidae    Akodon     juninensis        Akodon juninensis       
#>  7 Rodentia Cricetidae    Akodon     kotosh            Akodon kotosh           
#>  8 Rodentia Cricetidae    Akodon     orophilus         Akodon orophilus        
#>  9 Rodentia Cricetidae    Akodon     sp. Ancash        Akodon sp. Ancash       
#> 10 Rodentia Cricetidae    Akodon     sp. Villa         Akodon sp. Villa        
#> # ℹ 46 more rows

# Endemic species in Yungas (YUN)
pm_endemics(ecoregion = "YUN")
#> # A tibble: 48 × 5
#>    order           family         genus       species     scientific_name      
#>    <chr>           <chr>          <chr>       <chr>       <chr>                
#>  1 Chiroptera      Molossidae     Mormopterus phrudus     Mormopterus phrudus  
#>  2 Chiroptera      Phyllostomidae Anoura      javieri     Anoura javieri       
#>  3 Cingulata       Dasypodidae    Dasypus     pilosus     Dasypus pilosus      
#>  4 Didelphimorphia Didelphidae    Marmosa     andersoni   Marmosa andersoni    
#>  5 Didelphimorphia Didelphidae    Marmosa     parda       Marmosa parda        
#>  6 Didelphimorphia Didelphidae    Marmosops   juninensis  Marmosops juninensis 
#>  7 Didelphimorphia Didelphidae    Monodelphis gardeni     Monodelphis gardeni  
#>  8 Didelphimorphia Didelphidae    Philander   nigratus    Philander nigratus   
#>  9 Eulipotyphla    Soricidae      Cryptotis   evaristoi   Cryptotis evaristoi  
#> 10 Eulipotyphla    Soricidae      Cryptotis   peruviensis Cryptotis peruviensis
#> # ℹ 38 more rows