Fauna Europaea is a database of the
scientific names and distribution of all living
multicellular Europe
Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located entirel ...
an land and fresh-water animals. It serves as a standard
taxonomic source for animal taxonomy within the
Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure (PESI).
, Fauna Europaea reported that their database contained 235,708 taxon names and 173,654 species names.
Its construction was initially funded by the
European Council (2000–2004). The project was co-ordinated by the
University of Amsterdam which launched the first version in 2004, after which the database was transferred to the
Natural History Museum Berlin in 2015.
References
External links
Fauna EuropaeaFauna Europaea – all European animal species on the web (article)Contributions on Fauna Europaea (data papers)PESI - a taxonomic backbone for Europe
Biodiversity databases
Databases in Europe
Fauna of Europe
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