# Saylor Innovations Species Lookup

> Saylor Innovations Species Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from saylorinnovations.com, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-01).

Looks up species by scientific or common name, returning full taxonomy, common names, IUCN Red List status, and occurrence data from GBIF.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://saylorinnovations.com/api/species/lookup?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-01
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/saylor-innovations-species-lookup-f80ea8bc
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_k3BKqsLBfPNKMrmXTC8mx

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability saylor-innovations-species-lookup-f80ea8bc
```

Example prompt: Can you look up the full taxonomy, IUCN conservation status, and top countries where the snow leopard is found?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need authoritative species taxonomy, conservation status, and geographic occurrence data in a single call. It is ideal for biodiversity research, conservation workflows, citizen science apps, and educational tools. Prefer it over generic web search when you need structured, machine-readable taxonomic and IUCN data directly tied to GBIF identifiers.

## Known failure modes

- Species not found in GBIF returns found: false with no taxonomy data
- Ambiguous common name may match multiple taxa — only the top GBIF match is returned
- Misspelled scientific names may fail to match any record
- Very rare or newly described species may have zero occurrence records
- GBIF or IUCN upstream API downtime can cause empty or partial responses

## How this service works

Species Lookup: taxonomy, common names, IUCN status, range (GBIF). Species lookup by scientific or common name (GBIF): accepted name, full taxonomy, common names, IUCN Red List status, occurrence record count and top countries.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with a 'found' boolean, the accepted scientific name, full taxonomic hierarchy (kingdom through species), common names in multiple languages, IUCN Red List status (e.g. Vulnerable, Endangered), total GBIF occurrence record count, and the top countries by occurrence records.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "POST",
      "PUT",
      "PATCH",
      "DELETE",
      "HEAD"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "name": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "scientific or common name (query)"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "json"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "found"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "found": {
       "type": "boolean"
      },
      "taxonomy": {
       "type": "object"
      },
      "scientific_name": {
       "type": "string"
      }
     }
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/saylor-innovations-species-lookup-f80ea8bc/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from saylorinnovations.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/saylorinnovations.com/llms.txt)