Ensembl Get Species Info

Search and list species available in the Ensembl database with their genome assembly information. Returns species name, common name, taxonomy ID, current assembly version, and Ensembl division. Supports filtering by species name, common name, or taxonomy ID. Useful for discovering which genomes are available and their assembly versions before querying other Ensembl endpoints. Example: searching 'mouse' returns Mus musculus (taxon 10090, assembly GRCm39) plus related species.