---
id: "itis_tsn"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["science", "environment"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 80
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/itis_tsn"
---

# ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN) (`itis_tsn`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Number of a scientific name in the Integrated Taxonomic Information System run by US, Canadian and Mexican government agencies.

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Scientific (science), Environment (environment)
- Countries: global
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^[1-9]\d{1,6}$
```

## Examples

- `160330` — oceanic whitetip shark
- `162003` — Brook trout

## Mappings

- bioregistry: `itis`
- wikidata: `P815`

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_Taxonomic_Information_System>
- doc: <https://www.itis.gov/>
- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P815>

## Quality

Score 80/100. Missing: negative example, translation, detector coverage.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/itis_tsn.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/any/science/itis_tsn.yaml>