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ITIS Get Hierarchy

Get the full taxonomic hierarchy for an organism by its ITIS TSN (Taxonomic Serial Number). Returns the complete classification from Kingdom down to the queried taxon level, including intermediate ranks like Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus. Useful for understanding evolutionary relationships and classification. Example: TSN 180092 (Homo sapiens) returns: Animalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Primates > Hominidae > Homo > Homo sapiens.

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Schema

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

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JSON · 12 lines · 288 chars

Examples (1)

Default ITIS Get Hierarchy call

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JSON input · 3 lines · 21 chars
Expected response keys: success

Identifiers

Catalog ID
tu_ITIS_get_hierarchy
Tool name
ITIS_get_hierarchy
Added
2026-04-30 22:47Z
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