Package: rmdd 0.0.0.1

rmdd: Resolve Mammal Names with the Mammal Diversity Database

Download, inspect, reconcile, and summarize mammal taxonomic names with the Mammal Diversity Database (MDD). Supports accepted names, synonyms, original combinations, distribution summaries, and mapped outputs derived from packaged MDD releases. Designed for reproducible mammal name resolution workflows in 'R'.

Authors:Paul E. Santos Andrade [aut, cre, cph]

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NEWS

# Install 'rmdd' in R:

install.packages('rmdd', repos = c('https://paulesantos.r-universe.dev', 'https://cloud.r-project.org'))

Bug tracker:https://github.com/paulesantos/rmdd/issues

Pkgdown/docs site:https://paulesantos.github.io

Datasets:

mdd_checklist - Current Mammal Diversity Database checklist
mdd_synonyms - Mammal Diversity Database synonym table
mdd_type_specimen_metadata - Mammal Diversity Database type specimen metadata

On CRAN:

diversity mammals

4.30 score 500 downloads 16 exports 64 dependencies

Last updated from:91ad5addd2. Checks:9 OK. Indexed: yes.

Target	Result	Time
linux-devel-x86_64	OK	211
source / vignettes	OK	357
linux-release-x86_64	OK	206
macos-release-arm64	OK	119
macos-oldrel-arm64	OK	142
windows-devel	OK	137
windows-release	OK	129
windows-oldrel	OK	123
wasm-release	OK	164

Exports:build_mdd_match_backbone classify_mammal_names mdd_cache_dir mdd_checklist_records mdd_distribution_map mdd_distribution_summary mdd_distribution_summary_raw mdd_download mdd_load mdd_matching mdd_name_index mdd_reference mdd_release_records mdd_synonym_records mdd_taxon_info mdd_taxon_record

Dependencies:askpass bit bit64 class classInt cli clipr cpp11 crayon curl DBI dplyr e1071 farver fs fuzzyjoin generics geosphere ggplot2 glue gtable hms httr isoband jsonlite KernSmooth labeling lifecycle magrittr MASS mime openssl pillar pkgconfig prettyunits progress proxy purrr R6 RColorBrewer Rcpp readr rlang rnaturalearth s2 S7 scales sf stringdist stringi stringr sys terra tibble tidyr tidyselect tzdb units utf8 vctrs viridisLite vroom withr wk

Getting Started with rmdd

Rendered fromrmdd.Rmdusingknitr::rmarkdownon May 17 2026.

Last update: 2026-05-17
Started: 2026-03-11

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Readme and manuals

Help Manual

Help page	Topics
Convert mdd_taxon_info to list	as.list.mdd_taxon_info
Build an MDD reconciliation backbone	build_mdd_match_backbone
Classify mammal scientific names into taxonomic components	classify_mammal_names
Return the default rmdd cache directory	mdd_cache_dir
Current Mammal Diversity Database checklist	mdd_checklist
Return checklist records in a normalized tibble	mdd_checklist_records
Generate a distribution map from MDD country distributions	mdd_distribution_map
Summarize mammal diversity by country, continent, or subregion	mdd_distribution_summary
Summarize mammal diversity by country, continent, or subregion	mdd_distribution_summary_raw
Download a Mammal Diversity Database file	mdd_download
Load an MDD comma-separated export	mdd_load
Reconcile mammal names against MDD	mdd_matching
Build a normalized MDD name index	mdd_name_index
Reference citations for the Mammal Diversity Database	mdd_reference
Return release records used by rmdd	mdd_release_records
Return synonym records in a normalized tibble	mdd_synonym_records
Mammal Diversity Database synonym table	mdd_synonyms
Retrieve structured MDD taxon information by name	mdd_taxon_info
Retrieve a normalized MDD taxon record	mdd_taxon_record
Mammal Diversity Database type specimen metadata	mdd_type_specimen_metadata
Print mdd_reference object	print.mdd_reference
Print mdd_taxon_info object	print.mdd_taxon_info