The Mammal Species of the World (MSW) is a database of mammalian taxonomy. It is hoped that this database on the World Wide Web can be used as a convenient on-line reference for identifying or verifying recognized scientific names and for taxonomic research. The names are organized in a hierarchy that includes Order, Family, Subfamily, Genus and Species. ... [Information of the supplier]
Nomenclator Zoologicus is a continuous record of the bibliographical origins of the names of every genus and subgenus in zoology published since the 10th ed. of Linnaeus' Systema Naturae in 1758 up to 1994 in nine volumes. Names are listed alphabetically, with a bibliographic reference to the original description of each one and an indication of the animal group to which it belongs. There are an estimated 340,000 genera represented in the text as well as approximately 3000 supplemental corrections. ... [Information of the supplier]
GBIF Evertebrata I (Insecta) ist ein Teil der Global Biodiversity Information Facility (= GBIF) Deutschland, einem Projekt dessen Aufgabe es ist, die in Deutschland vorhandenen Informationen zur biologischen Vielfalt zu erfassen, zu digitalisieren und durch Vernetzung mit weiteren Datenbanken virtuell zu vereinen. Auf der Website sind Zugänge zu verschiedenen Projekten, Datenbanken und Institutionen des GBIF-D Knotens Insecta zu finden ... [Redaktion vifabio]
The following table contains names of mammalia in three languages - German, Latin and English. I hope this will be useful for students both in Germany and all over the world where English is spoken. [Information of the supplier]
This is the ZooBank prototype, providing access to 1.5 million scientific names of animals. This prototype is based on Thomson Zoological's "Index of Organism Names", which is the electronic archive of Zoological Record, going back to 1978 (vol. 115). A project to digitise the remaining volumes of Zoological Record back to 1864 (vol. 1), is nearing completion. These names will therefore soon also be available through ZooBank. The next version of ZooBank, coming later in 2007, will provide an interface for the voluntary submission of animal names. If a mandatory registration system is eventually adopted by the zoological community, we anticipate that in the very near future ZooBank will become a complete, authoritative, record of all scientific names of animals. ... [Information of the supplier]
The 4th edition of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, like the preceding editions and before them the Règles internationales de la Nomenclature zoologique, has one fundamental aim, which is to provide the maximum universality and continuity in the scientific names of animals compatible with the freedom of scientists to classify animals according to taxonomic judgments. The Code consists of Articles (which are mandatory) and Recommendations. The Articles are designed to enable zoologists to arrive at names for taxa that are correct under particular taxonomic circumstances. The use of the Code enables a zoologist to determine the valid name for a taxon to which an animal belongs at any rank in the hierarchy species, genus, and family (including subspecies, subgenus, and ranks of the family group such as subfamily and tribe). The Code does not fully regulate the names of taxa above the family group and provides no rules for use below the rank of subspecies. ... [Information of the supplier]
Sherborn's Index Animalium is a listing of zoological names (genera and species) from the period 1758 to 1850, giving bibliographical data on original publications. [Editorial staff vifabio]
I've released "BioNames", a database of animal (and other ICZN) names linked, wherever possible, to either a digital identifier for the publication that described it, or (even better) the full text (from BioStor and other digital archives). I've wrapped this an interface built with Ryan Schrenk (whose elegant work was funded by EOL). BioNames combines data from ION, BHL, CrossRef, Mendeley, GBIF, NCBI, EOL (yes, a veritable acronym soup) to make something I hope people find useful. ... [Information of the supplier]
taxonbytes is the website and blog maintained by members of the Franz Lab of Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiversity Informatics at the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University. Our research and outreach program has three main components: (1) systematic and biodiversity studies of invertebrates - primarily insects - that occur in the New World tropics including the West Indies, southwestern United States, and Sonora; (2) the development of novel logic-based concepts and tools for biodiversity informatics; and (3) novel forms to conceive and deliver outreach related to these themes. ... [Information of the supplier]
Throughout its history, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, has made important contributions to increasing the understanding of the plant kingdom with many benefits for mankind. Today it is still first and foremost a scientific institution. With its collections of living and preserved plants, of plant products and of botanical information, it forms an encyclopaedia of knowledge about the plant kingdom. The living plant collection is the largest and most comprehensive in the world, containing representatives of more than one in eight of all flowering plant species. Plants are included in the collection primarily for their scientific or educational value and many of them are actively used in our research programmes. Tender woody species are mainly grown in the Temperate and Palm Houses whilst tender herbaceous plants are displayed in the Princess of Wales Conservatory. The Alpine House contains plants from mountains and high latitudes. Other herbaceous plants, hardy in the British climate, are grown in the rock, grass and woodland gardens. Most of the hardy trees and shrubs in the collection are arranged according to the Bentham and Hooker scientific classification, although mixed decorative groupings of trees can be seen at the northern end of the Arboretum. Displays of ornamental herbaceous plants are featured in front of the Palm House, along the Broad Walk and in the Queen's and Duke's Gardens. ... [Information of the supplier]
