Fauna Europaea is a database of the

scientific name In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...

s and distribution of all living

multicellular A multicellular organism is an organism that consists of more than one cell, in contrast to unicellular organism. All species of animals, land plants and most fungi are multicellular, as are many algae, whereas a few organisms are partially un ...

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...

an land and fresh-water animals. It serves as a standard taxonomic source for animal taxonomy within the

Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure The Pan-European Species-directories Infrastructure (PESI) provides a mechanism to deliver an integrated, annotated checklist of the species occurring in Europe, aiming to cover the Western Palearctic biogeographic region. PESI integrates the effor ...

(PESI). , Fauna Europaea reported that their database contained 235,708 taxon names and 173,654 species names. Its construction was initially funded by the

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(2000–2004). The project was co-ordinated by the

University of Amsterdam The University of Amsterdam (abbreviated as UvA, nl, Universiteit van Amsterdam) is a public research university located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The UvA is one of two large, publicly funded research universities in the city, the other being ...

which launched the first version in 2004, after which the database was transferred to the Natural History Museum Berlin in 2015.

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Fauna EuropaeaFauna Europaea – all European animal species on the web (article)Contributions on Fauna Europaea (data papers)PESI - a taxonomic backbone for Europe
Biodiversity databases Databases in Europe Fauna of Europe {{science-stub