Taxonomic classification field

The Taxonomic classification field records the kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, or species of your specimen.

Field details

Visibility: Public field
Field ID: taxonomic_classification
Search example: taxonomic_classification: canidae
Field type: Pick List with 200-character limit
Field location: Detail, Core and Public tabs in the object cataloguing page for natural science records

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You can search on this field with its ID:

taxonomic_classification

For example, enter taxonomic_classification: canidae into the search field to find all specimens in the Canidae family.

Related fields

Taxonomic classification notes

Taxonomic qualifier

Taxonomic type indicator

Type ID reliability level