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EOL Get Hierarchy Entry

Get taxonomy hierarchy (classification tree) for a species from a specific classification system in the Encyclopedia of Life. Returns ancestors (full lineage from root to species), children taxa, synonyms, and source classification (NCBI, GBIF, ITIS, Catalogue of Life). Use EOL_get_page first to find hierarchy_entry_id values from the classifications list. Example: 70872770 is the NCBI hierarchy entry for Homo sapiens, showing the complete lineage from root through Primates to species level.

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Status

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Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 126ms

Schema

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

{
  "properties": {
    "hierarchy_entry_id": {
      "description": "EOL hierarchy entry ID from a specific classification system. Get this from EOL_get_page 'classifications' field. Examples: 70872770 (Homo sapiens in NCBI), 86685972 (Homo sapiens in GBIF), 147191154 (Homo sapiens in ITIS).",
      "type": "integer"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "hierarchy_entry_id"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default EOL Get Hierarchy Entry call

public-safeinput

{
  "hierarchy_entry_id": 1
}

Expected response keys: success

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Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_EOL_get_hierarchy_entry
Tool name: EOL_get_hierarchy_entry
Added: 2026-04-30 22:47Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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