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Recording sightings
Record sighting. Your current position will be automatically recorded together with the species.
Record sighting at your current position and provide a picture as proof.
Links to species on wikipedia
the white wikipedia icon means that you need a data connection...
... while the green one indicates you have downloaded this article to your SD-card. This means you have access to it without a data connection.
Searching
Search for a species by common name (e.g. "red fox") or scientific name in the database on your phone - or in the database on the anymals.org server
Filtering
Besides the search function, there is a feature called "taxonomic filter" which ONLY applies to the nature guide you are currently viewing. It does not query any databases.
show all species of current guide
show only animals of current guide
show only arthropods of current guide (spiders, insects and such)
show only birds of current guide
show only fish of current guide
show only mammals of current guide
show only plants of current guide
show only vertebrates of current guide
Identifying a species
For some groups of species, you can use an identification scheme to point out what exactly you are spotting. These identification helpers are provided by offene-natufuehrer.de and are currently only available in german language. If you want to create new identification helpers for the community you can do so on their website.
Indicators
the associated content (guide or identification scheme) has to be downloaded
the associated content (guide or identification scheme) has already been downloaded and now is available on your phone, anytime - anywhere
Favorites
this list contains the species you have marked as favorites