Table 2 Species richness values for six Latin American countries, classified by taxonomic group, and percentage of species representation at a national level for each country compared to the referenced values of species diversity shown. The percentage values shown were compiled and analyzed in this study. Data was obtained from Genbank (Nucleotide) release 219.0 of April 15, 2017
From: Colombia, an unknown genetic diversity in the era of Big Data
Species richness value per taxonomic group | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Mammals | Birds | Reptiles | Amphibians | Vascular Plants | References |
Colombia | 492 | 1921 | 606 | 803 | 51,220 | |
Brazil | 701 | 1712 | 793 | 1042 | 56,215 | |
Mexico | 564 | 1113 | 922 | 382 | 26,071 | |
Argentina | 386 | 1049 | 364 | 439 | 10,593 | |
Costa Rica | 249 | 918 | 259 | 205 | 12,119 | |
Peru | 441 | 1781 | 484 | 592 | 17,144 | |
Percentage of species representation at the national level (Nucleotide database) compared to species richness per taxonomic group | ||||||
Colombia | 9.35% | 4.79% | 2.48% | 13.33% | 1.13% | |
Brazil | 10.27% | 1.58% | 0.38% | 7.10% | 0.82% | |
Mexico | 30.32% | 25.34% | 12.36% | 35.60% | 5.53% | |
Argentina | 26.94% | 5.53% | 38.19% | 44.87% | 12.90% | |
Costa Rica | 1.61% | 0.11% | 2.32% | 0% | 1.50% | |
Peru | 1.13% | 0.06% | 1.03% | 0.51% | 0.27% | |