Glasgow Taxonomic Name Server

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The Glasgow Name Server is an experimental tool for finding taxonomic names.

Try the Taxonomic Search Engine, which searches 5 databases on the fly.

To get a feel for what it does, click on "Find a name" (left), enter a taxonomic name (animals only at present), then click on the "Classification" link to get a rank of options for displaying classifications.

Hot links

Try these links to see a hyperbolic view of the NCBI classification:

Aves (birds)
Hominidae (apes and humans)
Phthiraptera (lice)
Columbiformes (pigeons and doves)
Brachyura (true crabs)
Psocoptera (book lice) from NCBI
Psocoptera (book lice) from Kevin Johnson

Statistics

Number of taxonomic names in database: 289583

Now with support for Walrus

Click on the "Download graph in LibSea format for Walrus" link on the classification page to download the classification in the LibSea format used by Walrus.