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Cortexa research tool·biomedical·itis
ITIS Search By Scientific Name
Search the ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System) database by scientific name. ITIS is the authoritative US taxonomic database covering plants, animals, fungi, and microbes worldwide. Returns matching taxa with their TSN (Taxonomic Serial Number), kingdom, and authority. Example: 'Homo sapiens' returns the human TSN (180092) with Linnaeus, 1758 as authority.
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Schema
JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.
JSON · 12 lines · 326 chars
Examples (1)
Default ITIS Search By Scientific Name call
public-safeinput
JSON · 3 lines · 27 chars
Expected response keys: success
Anonymous-safe example. Rate-limited; no sign-in required.
Identifiers
- Catalog ID
- tu_ITIS_search_by_scientific_name
- Tool name
- ITIS_search_by_scientific_name
- Added
- 2026-05-01 00:58Z
- Tags
- tooluniverse