Species identification
Definition
The determination that a seized specimen or product came from a particular species, genus, or family, using morphology, DNA barcoding, protein analysis, or a combination of methods.
Related terms
- INTERPOL Project Wisdom
- INTERPOL's dedicated operational programme targeting environmental and wildlife crime, coordinating intelligence and joint operations across its 190-plus member countries.
- TRACE Wildlife Forensics Network
- A UK-based NGO providing forensic identification services, training, and research for wildlife crime cases across Europe and beyond, founded in 2002.
- US NFWFL
- The National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory in Ashland, Oregon, established in 1989 by the US Fish and Wildlife Service. The world's...
- WCCB
- Wildlife Crime Control Bureau. Statutory multi-disciplinary body under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), created by the 2006 amendment...
- Wildlife forensics
- The application of forensic science methods to the investigation of crimes involving animals, plants, and their derivatives, including species identification, geographic origin,...
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- Scope and History of Wildlife ForensicsThe determination that a seized specimen or product came from a particular species, genus, or family, using morphology, DNA barcoding, protein analysis, or a c...