galah

galah is an interface to biodiversity data hosted by the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA). It enables users to locate and download species occurrence records (observations, specimens, eDNA records, etc.), taxonomic information, or associated media such as images or sounds, and to restrict their queries to particular taxa or locations.

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library(galah)

galah_call() |>
  identify("reptilia", "mammalia") |>
  filter(year > 2019) |>
  group_by(order) |>
  atlas_counts()

# A tibble: 16 × 2
   order             count
   <chr>             <int>
 1 Diprotodontia    629908
 2 Squamata         285085
 3 Rodentia         126967
 4 Peramelemorphia  115032
 5 Testudines       107921
 6 Chiroptera        96411
 7 Carnivora         76695
 8 Monotremata       45305
 9 Artiodactyla      44729
10 Dasyuromorphia    43828
11 Lagomorpha        42475
12 Cetacea           18787
13 Crocodylia        11700
14 Perissodactyla     1845
15 Sirenia             151
16 Notoryctemorphia      1

import galah

galah.atlas_counts(
    taxa=["reptilia","mammalia"],
    filters="year>2019",
    group_by="order"
)

               order   count
0       Artiodactyla   44729
1          Carnivora   76695
2            Cetacea   18787
3         Chiroptera   96411
4         Crocodylia   11700
5     Dasyuromorphia   43828
6      Diprotodontia  629908
7         Lagomorpha   42475
8        Monotremata   45305
9   Notoryctemorphia       1
10   Peramelemorphia  115032
11    Perissodactyla    1845
12          Rodentia  126967
13           Sirenia     151
14          Squamata  285085
15        Testudines  107921