Integrated Taxonomic Information System - Taxamatch

The Taxon Compare tool is used to compare a list of scientific names that you provide to the scientific names in ITIS.

Taxon Compare can be run as a simple name compare, or using the FGDC Biological Profile with optional SGML output.

Please review the following documents for guidance on using this tool.

Compare taxonomy/nomenclature import format provides information about the input file format.

Compare Taxonomy/Nomenclature Use Guidelines for more information about the simple name compare tool.

ITIS Taxonomic Metadata Tool Use Guidelines for more information about FGDC comparison and SGML output.

Choose the comparison file to upload from your system to the ITIS server:

File Name:

Confirm this file name is the correct file to be matched against ITIS. Update the name here only if it doesn't match the name you uploaded (this entry is case-sensitive, please enter the name exactly as you transferred it):

Compare File Name:
Select the character delimiter used to separate the fields within the file:
Click Next to continue or Reset to start over.