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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.

Livelast probed 2026-04-30 23:07Z· 1030msCortexa

Status

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Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 1030ms

Schema

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

{
  "properties": {
    "search": {
      "description": "Search term to filter species. Can be a species name ('mus_musculus'), common name ('mouse'), display name ('Mouse'), or taxonomy ID ('10090'). Leave empty to list all 348+ species.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default Ensembl Get Species Info call

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{}

Expected response keys: success

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

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_Ensembl_get_species_info
Tool name: Ensembl_get_species_info
Added: 2026-04-30 22:47Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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