This list provides information on all the authors and coordinators of taxa of the Taxonomic Catalog of the Brazilian Fauna (TCBF), active between 2013-2023.
Furthermore, all Authors/Coordinators have been invited (via Google Forms) to serve as authors of the manuscript entitled Catálogo Taxonômico da Fauna do Brasil: setting the baseline knowledge on the animal diversity in Brazil, authored by: Walter A Boeger, Michel P Valim, Hussam Zaher, José Albertino Rafael, Rafaela Campostrini Forzza, Alexandre R Percequillo, Cristiana S Serejo, and Brazilian Zoology Group 2023 (BZG 2023) submitted to Zoologia and the answer is presented in column G ("AUTHOR MANUSCRIPT?"). While the majority accepted authorship of the manuscript, few answered negatively and others did not reply (and, hence, were not included in the authorship of the manuscript). We provide available inidividual ORCID, Institution, Country, Function, and taxon of responsability.
The TCFB is the product of the effort of more than 800 zoologists, experts in many different groups of animals with species that inhabit the Brazilian territory. Since the start of the Project, the Taxonomic Catalog of the Brazilian Fauna (TCBF) team has been working in an integrated manner to generate the first list of valid species found in the country. So far, our list accounts for more species than ever reported for the Brazilian territory, and for the first time we have a robust estimate of the richness of animals in the country! The work of our experts was extensive and this list would not have been possible without them. Visit the "tabs" and learn a little more about the members of our team, coordinators, authors, and institutions involved.The list is available for consultation by anyone, but we must emphasize that due to the narrow time, not all data on each species (eg. distribution, the habit of life, environment) were introduced into the system. The system is dynamic and allows additions and corrections in real-time, rapid inclusion of newly discovered species, corrections associated with nomenclatural decisions, and distribution expansion, among others. Hopefully, soon, this site will provide also tools that will present much more information on Brazilian animals.
The updated database of the TCBF can be obtained through the website (http://fauna.jbrj.gov.br/fauna), API-REST, and monthly versions of the list through IPT.
Catálogo Taxonômico da Fauna do Brasil (CTFB) - link: http://fauna.jbrj.gov.br/fauna