Cortexa research tool·biomedical·col

CoL Get Taxon

Get detailed taxonomic information for a specific taxon in the Catalogue of Life by its CoL ID. Returns full name details, accepted status, classification hierarchy, authorship, publication, and environments. Use CoL_search_species to find the CoL ID first.

Livelast probed 2026-04-30 23:07Z· 84msCortexa

Status

The most recent probe succeeded. Safe to call from the agent today.

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 84ms

Schema

JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.

{
  "properties": {
    "taxon_id": {
      "description": "CoL taxon ID (e.g., '6MB3T' for Homo sapiens, '64J67' for Panthera leo). Obtain from CoL_search_species.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "taxon_id"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default CoL Get Taxon call

public-safeinput

{
  "taxon_id": ""
}

Expected response keys: success

Anonymous-safe example. Rate-limited; no sign-in required.

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_CoL_get_taxon
Tool name: CoL_get_taxon
Added: 2026-04-30 22:47Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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