Scope

We are working to become a proper home base for Naturalists, both amateur and professional.

This site is big. As of Friday, May 09, 2008, this site is home to 3,195,963 web pages describing 1,473,085 animals, 1,363,971 plants, 284,470 fungi, 20,258 chromista, 17,268 protozoa, 13,045 bacteria, and 311 viruses. Pages contain 257,414 photos taken by 1,364 photographers, 1,104 sound recordings, and definitions of 45,203 terms. 69,493 Large photos can be zoomed and panned.

We have also created 208,265 pages with text, photos, and maps for taxonomic groups from Domain down to Genus. Finding all of this can be fast, because about 3 million pages are indexed for soundex searches.

We have gathered a total of 54,827,292 field observations from 28,481 data sets and 1,547 data providers which show latitude and longitude, from which we have generated 240,003 State Maps, 744,777 Country Maps, 169,583 Google maps showing up to 200 sightings each, and 60,607 Google Earth maps showing all sightings. Click on a pinpoint on one of these maps, and you'll learn more about that observation.

Top Menu

• Home. This menu item contains a link to this overview page, a link to a registration page where you can provide your location, and a link to your personal home page which uses that location info. Everyone will see info on invasive species, species that are threatened, and all species that live in this area. Visitors from the U.S. will also see zipcode demographics, local attractions for naturalists, and the local weather.
• List & Find. Finding just the right species in all of this can be like finding a needle in a haystack. A Proximity Lister and a Region Lister will help you find plants or animals in a geographic area of interest. PlantFinder offers 19 criteria to narrow your selection of plants. PlantFinder's database currently includes 1,569,147 attributes for 211,394 of the 1,363,971 plants on this site. BirdFinder uses location and includes 102,423 attributes for 4,824 of the 49,133 birds on this site. ButterflyFinder uses lookup info and photos for 2,308 different butterflies, skippers, and moths of the 271,314 on this site.
• Indexes. The main Animals index page helps you find animals by Common Name or Scientific Name, as well as species that are extinct, extinct in the wild, extirpated from part of their range, critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable, threatened, of special concern, or data deficient. A special index lists animals of the Galapagos. The main Plants indexes are equivalent to those for Animals, but also include an index for invasive species.
• ID. Have a plant or animal that you want to identify? Now you have two ways to do this. Key will help you sort through the taxonomy of some plant or animal, starting with Kingdom, and then navigating through Phylum, Class, Order, and Family. Information and photos help with the job. Forum will take you to our Critter Identification forum, where you can submit photos, sounds, or movies for identification, and help others identify what they have seen.
• Quiz. Try your hand at one of 14 crossword puzzles, or try matching sound to picture for birds, fish, mammals, and amphibians.
• About. Learn more about ZipcodeZoo, our photographers, data sources, Terms of Service, and Privacy Policy.
• Search. Find using a scientific name, a common name, or do a full-text search of the 3,195,963 pages on this site using either the ZipcodeZoo or the Google search engine. The Search box at the top of every page uses our Soundex algorithm to quickly find any of over 3 million scientific names and terms.

Bottom Menu

• Edit this Page. All pages which present information about a plant or animal include this button. A click will allow you to edit (add, subtract, or change text) for 18 animal fields and numerous plant fields. Your suggestions are usually reviewed within an hour or so, and accepted changes are then immediately posted.
• Upload an Image. All pages which present information about a plant or animal include this button. If you have a photo that is positively this critter, a click will take you to a simple form, where you can upload a photo you've taken, and get that photo posted on ZipcodeZoo.
• Print this Page. This invokes your print dialog.
• Bookmark this Page. Add the page to your favorites list, in any folder you wish.
• Mail this Link. Send the link, along with your message, to a friend.
• Update My LifeList. All pages which present information about a plant or animal include this button. LifeList tracks the plants and animals you've seen, where you've seen them, and when you've seen them. All you need do is register before using it.
• Report a Problem. An easy way to tell the webmaster about a problem you've found on the page in which this button appears.

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