The African Rodent Database contains 50,744 records covering all 502 rodent species currently recognized from Africa. It was authored by Josef Bryja and last updated on May 9, 2026. Records include taxonomic classification, geographic coordinates, collection details, and genetic sequencing information.
Use Cases
- Mapping species distributions based on latitude and longitude coordinates.
- Studying taxonomic relationships and genetic lineages based on family, genus, species, and genotyping fields.
- Analyzing temporal collection patterns using date, month, and year fields.
- Linking specimen records to museum collections and genetic databases via voucher and GenBank accession numbers.
Strengths
- Contains 50,744 individual specimen records.
- Covers a complete taxonomic scope of 502 recognized African rodent species.
- Includes multiple data dimensions: taxonomy, geography, genetics, and collection metadata.
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Josef Bryja via figshare.
- Collection Method
- Likely compiled from museum records, field collections, and published literature.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-09 12:20:19; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Africa.