Global Species Database(v3)
Description
The Global Species Database provides habitat and endangerment information for over 90,000 terrestrial vertebrates, aquatic vertebrates, plants and invertebrates. The database has three principal features for all ISO3-coded areas (termed “countries” below) in the World Bank database.
(1) All habitat countries for each species, along with percent of habitat in each country. This identifies endemic species by the traditional definition (over 38,000 species have 100% of habitat in one country), as well as providing information to define alerts for countries that have major habitat shares.
(2) Identification of over 2,000 species whose small habitats (less than 25 km2) may be jeopardized by rapid, large-scale development. The database includes total habitat areas, permitting other definitions of critical habitat scale.
(3) IUCN endangerment ratings for over 75,000 species.