The taxon dataset comprises a tibble containing information regarding mammal species documented in Colombia, sourced from the "List of the mammals of Colombia" compiled by Ramírez-Chaves 2024. It encompasses various details, including scientific names, English names, Spanish names, order, family, threat status and distribution of each species. The table is a variant of the taxon table from SiB Colombia
taxonA tibble with 548 rows and 19 columns:
id from original taxon table.
Scientific name of the mammal species.
kingdom name of the mammal species.
phylum name of the mammal species.
class name of the mammal species.
order name of the mammal species.
family name of the mammal species.
genus name of the mammal species.
specificEpithet name of the mammal species.
taxon Rank name of the mammal species.
species name´s author of the mammal species.
elevation of the mammal species.
bibliographicCitation of the mammal species.
1 if it is included on the Mammal Diverity Data Base, 0 not included.
conservation status in Colombia for the mammal species.
Departamento were the mammal is present.
reference for the distribution.
Yes if it is endemic from Colombia, otherwise No.
english_name of the mammal species.
This dataset is designed to provide users with comprehensive information about the mammal species found in Colombia, as documented by Ramírez-Chaves, et al. 2025. It is organized for easy access and utilization within the R environment.
The dataset is based on the "List of the Mammals of Colombia" by: Ramírez-Chaves H E, Leuro Robles N G, Castaño Rivera A, Morales-Martínez D M, Suárez Castro A F, Rodríguez-Posada M E, Zurc D, Concha Osbahr D C, Trujillo A, Noguera Urbano E A, Pantoja Peña G E, González Maya J F, Pérez Torres J, Mantilla Meluk H, López Castañeda C, Velásquez Valencia A, Zárrate Charry D (2024): Mamíferos de Colombia. v1.14. Sociedad Colombiana de Mastozoología. Dataset/Checklist SiB Colombia
For more information about the "mammalcol" package and the data sources, visit the package's GitHub repository: https://github.com/dlizcano/mammalcol
# Load the mammalcol package
library(mammalcol)
# Access the mammalcol_tab dataset
data("taxon")
# Display the first few rows
head(taxon)
#> id
#> 1 urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:3484299
#> 2 urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:4f16759f-5e17-11e7-8cee-bc764e092680:col20170824
#> 3 eol.org/pages/Mazama%20sanctaemartae
#> 4 urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:259114ac-5e17-11e7-8cee-bc764e092680:col20170824
#> 5 urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:3484302
#> 6 urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:3535811
#> taxonID
#> 1 urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:3484299
#> 2 urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:4f16759f-5e17-11e7-8cee-bc764e092680:col20170824
#> 3 eol.org/pages/Mazama%20sanctaemartae
#> 4 urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:259114ac-5e17-11e7-8cee-bc764e092680:col20170824
#> 5 urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:3484302
#> 6 urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:3535811
#> scientificNameID
#> 1 http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=898446
#> 2 http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=625072
#> 3 http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=898449
#> 4 http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=898202
#> 5 http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=898440
#> 6 https://www.gbif.org/species/8872400
#> scientificName
#> 1 Passalites murelia
#> 2 Mazama rufina
#> 3 Passalites sanctaemartae
#> 4 Mazama temama
#> 5 Mazama zamora
#> 6 Mazama zetta
#> nameAccordingTo
#> 1 Tom Orrell (custodian), Dave Nicolson (ed). (2019). ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (version Jun 2017). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
#> 2 Tom Orrell (custodian), Dave Nicolson (ed). (2019). ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (version Jun 2017). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
#> 3 Tom Orrell (custodian), Dave Nicolson (ed). (2019). ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (version Jun 2017). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
#> 4 Tom Orrell (custodian), Dave Nicolson (ed). (2019). ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (version Jun 2017). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
#> 5 Tom Orrell (custodian), Dave Nicolson (ed). (2019). ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (version Jun 2017). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
#> 6 Mazama zetta Thomas, 1913 in GBIF Secretariat (2017). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2019-08-01.
#> kingdom phylum class order family genus specificEpithet
#> 1 Animalia Chordata Mammalia Artiodactyla Cervidae Passalites murelia
#> 2 Animalia Chordata Mammalia Artiodactyla Cervidae Mazama rufina
#> 3 Animalia Chordata Mammalia Artiodactyla Cervidae Passalites sanctaemartae
#> 4 Animalia Chordata Mammalia Artiodactyla Cervidae Mazama temama
#> 5 Animalia Chordata Mammalia Artiodactyla Cervidae Mazama zamora
#> 6 Animalia Chordata Mammalia Artiodactyla Cervidae Mazama zetta
#> taxonRank scientificNameAuthorship taxonomicStatus taxonRemarks
#> 1 Especie J. A. Allen, 1915 Válido Elevación (m): 0-900
#> 2 Especie (Pucheran, 1851) Válido Elevación (m): 1500-4000
#> 3 Especie (J. A. Allen, 1915) Válido Elevación (m): 0-900
#> 4 Especie (Kerr, 1792) Válido Elevación (m): 0-68
#> 5 Especie J. A. Allen, 1915 Válido Elevación (m): 600-1200
#> 6 Especie Thomas, 1913 Válido Elevación (m): 1600-1950
#> language rightsHolder
#> 1 es Sociedad Colombiana de Mastozoología
#> 2 es Sociedad Colombiana de Mastozoología
#> 3 es Sociedad Colombiana de Mastozoología
#> 4 es Sociedad Colombiana de Mastozoología
#> 5 es Sociedad Colombiana de Mastozoología
#> 6 es Sociedad Colombiana de Mastozoología
#> bibliographicCitation
#> 1 ALLEN JA. 1916. List of mammals collected in Colombia by the American Museum of Natural History expeditions, 1910-1915. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 35:191-238.
#> 2 ALBERICO M, A CADENA, JI HERNÁNDEZ-CAMACHO y Y MUÑOZ-SABA. 2000b. Mamíferos (Synapsida: Theria) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana 1:43-75.
#> 3 ALLEN JA. 1916. List of mammals collected in Colombia by the American Museum of Natural History expeditions, 1910-1915. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 35:191-238.
#> 4 GROVES C y P GRUBB. 1987. Relationships of living deer. Pp. 21-59, en: Biology and management of the Cervidae (CM Wemmer, ed.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., USA.
#> 5 ALLEN JA. 1916. List of mammals collected in Colombia by the American Museum of Natural History expeditions, 1910-1915. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 35:191-238.
#> 6 ALLEN JA. 1916. List of mammals collected in Colombia by the American Museum of Natural History expeditions, 1910-1915. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 35:191-238.
#> inMDD Col_redlist
#> 1 0 <NA>
#> 2 1 VU A2 cde\n
#> 3 0 <NA>
#> 4 1 DD
#> 5 0 DD
#> 6 0 DD
#> distribution
#> 1 Amazonas | Caquetá | Cauca | Meta | Vaupés | Vichada | Nariño | Putumayo | Cundinamarca
#> 2 Antioquia | Boyacá | Caldas | Cauca | Cesar | Cundinamarca | Huila | Nariño | Norte de Santander | Quindío | Risaralda | Santander | Tolima | Valle del Cauca | Caquetá
#> 3 Bolívar | Cesar | La Guajira | Magdalena | Atlántico | Córdoba | Cundinamarca
#> 4 Chocó | Magdalena
#> 5 Amazonas | Caquetá | Meta | Putumayo | Vichada
#> 6 Antioquia | Caldas | Cauca | Nariño | Valle del Cauca | Tolima
#> endemic english_name
#> 1 No <NA>
#> 2 No Little Red Brocket
#> 3 No <NA>
#> 4 No Mexican Red Brocket
#> 5 No <NA>
#> 6 No <NA>