{"id":15429,"date":"2025-04-29T13:57:42","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T13:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/?p=15429"},"modified":"2025-04-29T14:01:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T14:01:14","slug":"find-these-missing-canadian-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/en\/find-these-missing-canadian-species\/","title":{"rendered":"Find These Missing Canadian Species"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Participate in This National Treasure Hunt<\/h2>\n<p>More than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.ca\/observations?place_id=6712&amp;subview=map&amp;view=species\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">40,000 species<\/a> have been recorded on <a href=\"http:\/\/inaturalist.ca\">iNaturalist<\/a>.ca. Yet, based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/environment-climate-change\/services\/species-risk-public-registry\/general-status\/wild-species-2020.html%E2%80%9D&gt;Wild%20Species%20Report&lt;\/a&gt;,%20there%20are%20an%20estimated%2080,000%20species%20in%20the%20country.%20Canada%20is%20one%20of%20the%20countries%20best%20represented%20on%20iNaturalist.%20But%20there%20are%20still%20many%20geographic%20areas%20without%20iNaturalist%20activity,%20and%20many%20species%20still%20missing%20or%20poorly%20represented.%0A%0AWe%E2%80%99re%20working%20with%20the%20amazing%20folks%20at%20iNaturalist.org%20to%20try%20and%20fill%20these%20gaps.%20Can%20you%20help%20in%20a%20national%20scavenger%20hunt?%0A%0A&lt;h3&gt;What%E2%80%99s%20Missing?&lt;\/h3&gt;%0A%0AHere%20are%20some%20maps%20showing%20the%20locations%20of%20Canada%20museum%20specimens%20of%20species%20still%20missing%20from%20Canada%20on%20iNaturalist.%20These%20locations%20are%20based%20on%20&lt;a%20href=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Global Biodiversity Information Facility<\/a> localities, which means they may contain some errors (for example, there is an entry for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gbif.org\/occurrence\/4522896595\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pacific Barracuda<\/a> in Manitoba and being a coastal marine fish, this is obviously a wrong location and likely a specimen housed in a Manitoba museum. If you&#8217;d like to help fix these errors, please add your feedback to the notes column for the relevant species <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1u0cmElZbC_gkeokjhNOqmMmBD3j_LsZUVLX2fJ3RFlM\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">in this spreadsheet<\/a>. Errors aside, we hope this will be a good starting point for looking at gaps from Canada. Clicking on the points on the map will bring up a link to observations of other species recorded in the same area, as well as a link to the iNaturalist taxon (species info) page. If the popup doesn\u2019t have a link, it means the species page does not yet exist in iNaturalist.<\/p>\n<h3>~500 missing Plants<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/inaturalist.github.io\/Canada\/index.html?group=Plants\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500px\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><br \/>\nYour browser does not support iframes.<\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>~3,500 missing Fungi and Similar Organisms<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/inaturalist.github.io\/Canada\/index.html?group=Fungi_and_Similar_Organisms\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500px\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><br \/>\nYour browser does not support iframes.<\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>~900 missing Vertebrates<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/inaturalist.github.io\/Canada\/index.html?group=Vertebrates\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500px\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><br \/>\nYour browser does not support iframes.<\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>~300 missing Mollusks<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/inaturalist.github.io\/Canada\/index.html?group=Mollusks\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500px\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><br \/>\nYour browser does not support iframes.<\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>~700 missing Arachnids<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/inaturalist.github.io\/Canada\/index.html?group=Arachnids\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500px\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><br \/>\nYour browser does not support iframes.<\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>~10,000 missing Insects<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/inaturalist.github.io\/Canada\/index.html?group=Insects\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.inaturalist.org\/wiki_page_attachments\/4396-original.png\" width=\"100%\" \/> <\/a><\/p>\n<h3>~700 missing Other Invertebrates<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/inaturalist.github.io\/Canada\/index.html?group=Other_Invertebrates\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500px\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><br \/>\nYour browser does not support iframes.<\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>How Canadians can Help<\/h3>\n<p>Were any of these species found near you, or places you visit? This is a chance for you to plan excursions later this year to make observations. Do you have photos from these places that you haven\u2019t uploaded yet? Now is a good time to upload your backlog.<\/p>\n<h3>How You can Help Outside of Canada<\/h3>\n<p>Do you have expertise in any of these taxa? It\u2019s possible that some of these species are already on iNaturalist, but they haven\u2019t yet been identified. You can help by reviewing the <a href=\"https:\/\/inaturalist.ca\/%20https:\/\/www.inaturalist.ca\/observations\/identify?place_id=6712\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">observations from Canada that need identification<\/a>. Even if you don\u2019t have expertise in Canadian species, you may be able to help clean up some misidentifications. You can filter for observations that may be far out of their known range by <a href=\"https:\/\/inaturalist.ca\/%20https:\/\/www.inaturalist.ca\/observations\/identify?order_by=geo_score&amp;order=asc&amp;place_id=6712&amp;with_private_location=false&amp;expected_nearby=false\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">sorting the &#8220;Identify&#8221; page by ascending geo score<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/inaturalist.ca\/%20https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/blog\/99727-using-the-geomodel-to-highlight-unusual-observations\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">geo score<\/a> is a measurement of how typical an observation\u2019s location is for that species \u2013 the higher the score, the more typical. Observations with low geo scores could be exciting range extensions, cultivated plants or captive animals that should be properly marked, or misidentifications. We look forward to seeing what you find!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-excerpt\">Participate in This National Treasure Hunt More than 40,000 species have been recorded on iNaturalist.ca. 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