perumammals 
The perumammals R package provides a curated and standardized taxonomic backbone for the mammals of Peru, designed to support ecological, environmental, and conservation research.
The package is based primarily on:
- Pacheco et al. (2021) Lista actualizada de la diversidad de los mamíferos del Perú y una propuesta para su actualización doi:10.15381/rpb.v28i4.21019
What the package contains
✔ complete taxonomic list of Peruvian mammals
✔ endemism categories
✔ occurrence by ecoregions
✔ standardized nomenclature
✔ validation tools for scientific names
✔ exact and fuzzy matching procedures
✔ lightweight workflow integration
This package is intended as a dependable national reference, improving consistency and traceability of mammal names in:
- ecological analyses
- biodiversity informatics
- environmental impact studies
- conservation planning
- museum and collection data cleaning
Why it matters
Taxonomic instability leads to:
- duplicated species in databases
- mismatched names between studies
- uncertain endemism estimates
- erroneous conservation evaluations
perumammals helps solve this by providing:
- curated backbone
- reproducible validation tools
- transparent taxonomic sources
Citation
If you use perumammals in research or publications, please cite:
Pacheco, V. et al. (2021).
Lista actualizada de la diversidad de los mamíferos del Perú y una propuesta para su actualización.
Revista Peruana de Biología 28(4)
doi:10.15381/rpb.v28i4.21019
You may also cite the package directly:
Santos Andrade, P.E. (2024). perumammals: Taxonomic backbone and name validation tools for mammals of Peru.
R package version 0.0.0.1.
https://paulesantos.github.io/perumammals/