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 TaxonomicNearest

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Give the list of taxa to which a specified taxon is nearest

Contributed by: Jofre Espigule-Pons

ResourceFunction["TaxonomicNearest"][taxa,taxon]

gives the subset of taxa to which the specified taxon is nearest.

Details and Options

The taxa can be specified as a list of Entity objects such as {Entity["Species","Species:HomoSapiens"],Entity["Plant","Genus:Helianthus"]}, or as a list of strings such as {"human","koala","dog"}.
Valid forms of taxon include Entity["Species","taxon"], Entity["Plant","taxon"] and strings.

Examples

Basic Examples (3) 

Interpret animals, generating Entity objects and computing the nearest taxa to the specified taxon:

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ResourceFunction[ "TaxonomicNearest"][{"bear", "polar bear", "black bear", "red panda", "panda", "raccoon"}, "grizzly"]
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Interpret plants, generating Entity objects and computing the nearest taxa to the specified taxon:

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ResourceFunction[ "TaxonomicNearest"][{"rose", "tomato", "potato", "garlic", "pumpkin", "oak"}, "onion"]
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Compute the nearest taxa to the specified taxon:

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ResourceFunction[ "TaxonomicNearest"][{Entity["Species", "Genus:Rattus"], Entity["Species", "Species:FelisCatus"], Entity["Species", "Species:SusDomestica"], Entity["Species", "Genus:Lemur"]}, Entity["Species", "Species:HomoSapiens"]]
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Applications (1) 

Compute the nearest taxa to the specified taxon using EntityClass and EntityList:

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ResourceFunction["TaxonomicNearest"][ EntityList[EntityClass["Species", "EndangeredSpecies"]], Entity["Species", "Species:HomoSapiens"]]
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Neat Examples (1) 

Create a quiz to test your zoology knowledge:

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With[{entities = RandomSample[ EntityList[EntityClass["Species", "EndangeredSpecies"]], 4]}, Column@{Style["What are the nearest taxa to Homo Sapiens?", FontFamily -> "Helvetica", Bold, 18], CheckboxBar[Dynamic[x], entities], Button[Style["Click here to check answer", FontFamily -> "Helvetica", 16], Print[Column[ ResourceFunction["TaxonomicNearest"][Rest@entities, "human"]]]]}]
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Publisher

Jofre Espigule-Pons

Version History

  • 1.0.0 – 15 October 2019

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