/r/species

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Devoted to the crowdsourced identification of unidentified species of any specimen including fungi, plants, amphibians, reptiles, and mammals.


Species Identification Subreddit

Because it bit you and you might die.
Because you're at the top of the food chain.
Because evolution itself is evolving.
Because not knowing is ignominious.
Because it's what's for dinner.


About

Devoted to the crowdsourced identification of unidentified species of any specimen including fungi, plants, amphibians, reptiles, and mammals.

You post it, and we'll try to identify it.


Goal

The goal is to label the specimen in each post with the common name(s), species name, and possibly add links to sources of information that can back up that claim.


Formatting

Submit a photo or photos of the organism in question and the community will try its best to figure out the specimen's phylogeny classification.

Successful IDs necessitate decent information regarding the specimen. Any relevant info regarding the specimen from multiple photographs (different angles, proximity, et cetera), sighting details, and other circumstantial information is encouraged.

At the very least, make the best attempt to give a location and or time of year and or time of day for the submission. If the photo(s) in question are blurry or less than stellar, please provide a few decent visual details in the description.


Subreddiquette

Hopefully, everyone in the community can chime in and a consensus can be reached.

Upvote constructive responses - ones that you feel are correct IDs or ones that contribute to identifying the post, especially comments that include links or reasons that can help people evaluate them or learn how to identify similar species. If you feel a comment is less accurate or mistaken, don't downvote - comment!

Please provide a dissenting opinion if you disagree with an ID, or add a comment with your opinion on the validity of an ID you agree with. In addition, try to source your IDs and any other background information regarding such identifications, the accuracy, and your confidence levels if applicable.

Also, please adhere to the reddiquette rules and guidelines.


Subreddita

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Superclass: Osteichthyes

Classes: Reptilia/Amphibia

Class: Aves

Class: Mammalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Arachnida

Class: Insecta

Phylum: Annelida

Kingdom: Plantae

Kingdom: Fungi

Fossils

Microscopic (Kingdom: Chromista, Protozoa, Bacteria)

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Resources


/r/species

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Was testing bacteria around my school for a project can someone help me identify them?

The yellow and orange colonies interest me I have reason to suspect the orange colony is e-coli because we found some gram negative bacillus and I've been told the yellow one may be staphylococcus but it looks different from other colonies found on the internet

2 Comments
2024/11/01
15:02 UTC

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What bug bite is this.(Is something moving inside?)

I woke up in middle and found this, i have never seen such type of thing, almost like im burned with a hot screw driver, even slight liquid comming out.

Its brung 20% more then a red ant bite.

I recently seen some videos ,is it some sort of bug inside and moving inside skin type thing,in very worried guyz pls help

Additional info: i love in india, non tropical area, have been moving home stuff for renovation today but was all fine when i went sleep.

2 Comments
2024/10/12
21:45 UTC

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what is this?

found on the coast of a caribbean island after a storm

3 Comments
2024/10/11
22:31 UTC

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Is this a snake tail or rodent tail or something else? Found under my rug

16 Comments
2024/10/09
15:08 UTC

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What kind of spider is this?

I found it in my VRBO in the woods in New Hampshire. Google lens says one thing (I won’t say it here, I don’t want to influence your thoughts). I am asking for another opinion because I’m not convinced google lens is correct.

2 Comments
2024/10/06
17:51 UTC

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What's this specie's name?

4 Comments
2024/09/26
19:30 UTC

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Strange Bird Heard In Wichita, KS?

Whatever this is keeps singing in my mother's yard, but flying away before she can get a good look at it. Does anyone recognize it's song or whatever?

3 Comments
2024/09/22
18:03 UTC

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Fly like creature

Found this on my window and captured it. Does someone know what type of fly it is? It's way skinnier and longer than regular flies but it has similar eyes.

3 Comments
2024/09/22
08:23 UTC

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Little bugger inside a UK contain

Found him in a shipping container that came overseas from china to the uk. Does anyone know what it is?

3 Comments
2024/09/17
16:52 UTC

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A seed staircase? Eggs? They're sort of solid, not fragile

2 Comments
2024/09/12
18:03 UTC

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Could someone help identify this spider. I found it in the uk, in a dark hole and I thought it looked cool

Sorry I didn't take any more pics if it to help

0 Comments
2024/09/08
15:59 UTC

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Video recommendations for phylogenetic analysis/stats/cladograms?

Hi all, I just started my first year MS program. Without being too specific, my project is to identify/describe a new dinosaur skull and place it on the cladeogram. Usually in paleo (as other fields) this is done by comparing the specimen to a character list and denoting a feature as absent/present.

My issue is that I’m relatively behind on the statistic/coding/phylogenetic analysis part. I took only one intro stats class in undergraduate a couple years ago in which we used R, but have had no experience using these skills for actual research. Eventually it’ll be something I’ll have to have someone teach me the software specifics for, but in the mean time, could anyone recommend videos I could watch to help me “catch up”? I’ve been trying to google around but videos seem to be either too specific/complicated (making cladeograms via specific programs) or too general (reading a phylogenetic tree).

Overall, I’m just hoping for some recommendations of videos or even creators to give overviews of common stats tests or phylogenetic methods (PCA, character matrices, etc.) that are beginner friendly.

Thanks in advance!

0 Comments
2024/09/07
23:09 UTC

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whats that? clustered aouside house...dangerous?

2 Comments
2024/09/06
20:25 UTC

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Could someone help me identify the name of this spider?

8 Comments
2024/09/05
02:34 UTC

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What species is this hairy crab from the Philippines?

Saw this little crab on YouTube, but can't figure out what species she is. The video was filmed in Romblon, Philippines in July.

The video title is "Adorable chubby hairy crab in Romblon" by kay blue. In case anyone's interested. (And 'cause I can't seem to be able to link it here)

2 Comments
2024/08/31
17:30 UTC

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Tennessee. What is it?

3 Comments
2024/08/28
18:13 UTC

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