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Table 3 Number of DNA barcode sequence records deposited at a national level in BOLD Systems database (Consulted June of 2017), classified by taxonomic group, for six Latin American countries surveyed. The values shown were compiled and analyzed in this study

From: Colombia, an unknown genetic diversity in the era of Big Data

Country

Total national records

Number of national records and percentage of total records per taxonomic group

Mammals

Birds

Reptiles

Amphibians

Vascular Plants

Insects

Colombia

1673

No records

281 (16.8%)

253 (15.1%)

655 (39.2%)

254 (15.2%)

127 (7.6%)

Brazil

19,330

546 (2.8%)

1150 (5.9%)

1 (0.000005%)

1662 (8.6%)

639 (3.3%)

5392 (28.0%)

Mexico

62,096

2458 (4.0%)

1105 (1.8%)

59 (0.0009%)

84(0.001%)

1908 (3.1%)

13,693 (22.1%)

Argentina

90,055

960 (1.1%)

2651 (3.0%)

581 (0.6%)

79 (0.0009%)

2 (0.00002%)

79,298 (88.1%)

Costa Rica

101,266

No records

No records

3 (0.00003%)

17 (0.0002%)

7563 (7.5%)

93,387 (92.2%)

Peru

3438

13 (3.8%)

1715 (49.9%)

No records

12(3.5%)

919 (26.7%)

312 (9.1%)