![]() Integrated Taxonomic Information System | ||||
Welcome to ITIS, the Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Here you will find authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world. Ourmission is to communicate a comprehensive taxonomy of global species that enables biodiversity information to be discovered, indexed, and connected across all human endeavors. The ITISprogram partners with specialists from around the world to assemble scientific names and their taxonomic relationships. ITIS is anAssociate Participant of theGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) and a partner and contributor to theCatalogue of Life (COL) andChecklistBank which are the basis of the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. ITIS Search, Download, Webservices, and Taxamatch are experiencing intermittent outages. | ||||
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