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.

Livelast probed 2026-05-01 01:00Z· 109msCortexa

Status

The most recent probe succeeded. Safe to call from the agent today.

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 109ms

Schema

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

{
  "properties": {
    "scientific_name": {
      "description": "Scientific name to search for (genus, species, or binomial). Examples: 'Homo sapiens', 'Canis lupus', 'Drosophila melanogaster', 'Escherichia coli', 'Quercus'.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "scientific_name"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default ITIS Search By Scientific Name call

public-safeinput

{
  "scientific_name": ""
}

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

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