ReferenceTaxon

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Properties

Name	Type	Description
inatId	integer
nameSci	string
taxonRank	string	Raw iNaturalist rank.
parentNameSci	stringnull
categoryId	string
family	stringnull
sourceUrl	string
animalId	stringnull	Existing catalog ID. Null when no legacy catalog entry is linked.
id	string	Slug of the animal taxon, for example `red-fox`.
name	string
nameEn	string
parentId	integernull
active	boolean
status	string
tickable	boolean	Active supported leaf taxon. Photo presence is not required.
image	objectnull

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JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://artifacts.apis.io/animalchecklist-com/json-schema/animalchecklist-com-reference-taxon-schema.json",
  "title": "ReferenceTaxon",
  "x-generated": "2026-10-30",
  "x-method": "derived",
  "x-generator": "derive-json-schema.py",
  "x-source": "openapi/animalchecklist-com-openapi.json#/components/schemas/ReferenceTaxon",
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "inatId",
    "nameSci",
    "taxonRank",
    "parentNameSci",
    "categoryId",
    "family",
    "sourceUrl",
    "animalId"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "inatId": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1
    },
    "nameSci": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "taxonRank": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Raw iNaturalist rank."
    },
    "parentNameSci": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "categoryId": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "mammals",
        "birds",
        "reptiles",
        "amphibians",
        "fish",
        "insects",
        "other"
      ]
    },
    "family": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "sourceUrl": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri"
    },
    "animalId": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Existing catalog ID. Null when no legacy catalog entry is linked."
    },
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[a-z0-9]+(-[a-z0-9]+)*$",
      "description": "Slug of the animal taxon, for example `red-fox`."
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "nameEn": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "parentId": {
      "type": [
        "integer",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "active": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "status": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "active",
        "inactive"
      ]
    },
    "tickable": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Active supported leaf taxon. Photo presence is not required."
    },
    "image": {
      "type": [
        "object",
        "null"
      ],
      "required": [
        "url"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "url": {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "uri"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

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