---
id: "species"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["science"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 75
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/species"
---

# Species (`species`)

> **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.

Name of a biological species, either its scientific name, such as Panthera leo, or a common name, such as lion. Typical columns are in biodiversity observations, fishery and forestry statistics, and in machine learning datasets such as Iris. The animal record covers common names of animals.

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

## Examples

- `Panthera leo` — scientific name of the lion
- `Iris-setosa` — class label in the UCI Iris dataset

## Mappings

- sherlock: `species`

## Supported by tools

- `doduo`
- `sato`
- `sherlock`

## Translations

- ru: Биологический вид

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species>
- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7432>

## Quality

Score 75/100. Missing: regexp, negative example.

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