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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.

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JSON · 12 lines · 326 chars

Examples (1)

Default ITIS Search By Scientific Name call

Public-safe example · rate-limited

JSON input · 3 lines · 39 chars
Expected response keys: success

Identifiers

Catalog ID
tu_ITIS_search_by_scientific_name
Tool name
ITIS_search_by_scientific_name
Added
2026-05-01 00:58Z
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