taxonomy is a tool for maintaining a taxonomic database. I use it for my personal database of mammals and other animals. It is focused on providing comprehensive data about the nomenclature of each name: type specimens, type localities, citations, type species, and much more.

The database is publicly accessible at hesperomys.com. The frontend is maintained in the separate hesperomys project.

Main entry points:

• python -m hsweb will run a GraphQL server that the hesperomys frontend can communicate with to render the web app
• python -m taxonomy.shell will open a shell that enables editing the database. This is my primary interface for working with the database.