GBIF

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📸 Real response, captured by us

Not a mockup — this is what GBIF actually returned when we verified it on 23 Oct 2026 (in 1050 ms).

{
  "usageKey": 5219404,
  "scientificName": "Panthera leo (Linnaeus, 1758)",
  "canonicalName": "Panthera leo",
  "rank": "SPECIES",
  "status": "ACCEPTED",
  "confidence": 99,
  "matchType": "EXACT",
  "kingdom": "Animalia",
  "phylum": "Chordata",
  "order": "Carnivora",
  "family": "Felidae",
  "genus": "Panthera",
  "species": "Panthera leo",
  "kingdomKey": 1,
  "phylumKey": 44,
  "classKey": 359,
  "orderKey": 732,
  "familyKey": 9703,
  "genusKey": 2435194,
  "speciesKey": 5219404,
  "class": "Mammalia"
}

💻 Copy-paste code

Three ways to call GBIF — pick your weapon.

// GBIF — no build step, no library. Just fetch.
const res = await fetch("https://api.gbif.org/v1/species/match?name=Panthera%20leo");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

# GBIF with Python requests
import requests

r = requests.get("https://api.gbif.org/v1/species/match?name=Panthera%20leo")
print(r.status_code)
print(r.json())

# GBIF from your terminal
curl "https://api.gbif.org/v1/species/match?name=Panthera%20leo"

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