mammals

The mammals dataset contains mammal data for various species. It is an R wrapper for the ASM Mammal Diversity Database: https://www.mammaldiversity.org/

Installation

install.packages("devtools")
remotes::install_github("mawiramawira/mammals")

Examples

Who are top 10 genus authorities(coined the most genus names used in modern science)?

library(mammals)
suppressMessages(library(dplyr))

scientists <- mammals %>%
  select(genus_authority)%>%
  filter(genus_authority != "")%>%
  group_by(genus_authority)%>%
  summarise(amount_coined = n())%>%
  arrange(desc(amount_coined))%>%
  head(10)

scientists
# A tibble: 10 x 2
   genus_authority amount_coined
   <chr>                   <int>
 1 Linnaeus                 1024
 2 Thomas                    312
 3 Pallas                    270
 4 Gray                      257
 5 Hermann                   216
 6 Schreber                  211
 7 Temminck                  193
 8 Wagner                    132
 9 Waterhouse                126
10 Borkhausen                123