---
license: cc-by-sa-4.0
viewer: true
configs:
- config_name: default
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: data/train-*
language:
- en
pretty_name: The O'Reilly Animal Menagerie
size_categories:
- 1K<n<10K
tags:
- oreilly
- books
- animals
dataset_info:
  features:
  - name: cover_image
    dtype: image
  - name: engraving_image
    dtype: image
  - name: book_title
    dtype: large_string
  - name: author
    dtype: json
  - name: publish_date
    dtype: date32
  - name: subjects
    dtype: json
  - name: book_url
    dtype: large_string
  - name: has_cover
    dtype: bool
  - name: animal_name
    dtype: large_string
  - name: clean_name
    dtype: large_string
  - name: wikidata_desc
    dtype: string
  - name: scientific_name
    dtype: string
  - name: taxon_rank
    dtype: string
  - name: ib_genus
    dtype: string
  - name: ib_species
    dtype: string
  - name: ib_taxon
    dtype: string
  - name: ib_authority
    dtype: string
  - name: ib_subdivision
    dtype: string
  - name: ib_subdivision_ranks
    dtype: string
  - name: ib_parent_authority
    dtype: string
  - name: ib_type_species
    dtype: string
  - name: ib_type_species_authority
    dtype: string
  - name: ib_fossil_range
    dtype: string
  - name: ib_image_caption
    dtype: string
  - name: ib_image2_caption
    dtype: string
  - name: ib_range_map_caption
    dtype: string
  - name: commons_photo_url
    dtype: string
  - name: commons_photo2_url
    dtype: string
  - name: commons_range_map_url
    dtype: string
  - name: wiki_title
    dtype: large_string
  - name: qid
    dtype: large_string
  - name: has_taxobox
    dtype: bool
  - name: needs_review
    dtype: bool
  - name: animal_class
    dtype: string
  - name: kingdom
    dtype: string
  - name: phylum
    dtype: string
  - name: class_name
    dtype: string
  - name: order
    dtype: string
  - name: family
    dtype: string
  - name: iucn_code
    dtype: string
  - name: iucn_criteria
    dtype: string
  - name: iucn_year
    dtype: string
  - name: iucn_url
    dtype: string
  - name: population_trend
    dtype: string
  - name: systems
    dtype: string
  - name: habitats
    dtype: string
  - name: threats
    dtype: string
  - name: conservation_actions
    dtype: string
  - name: doc_range
    dtype: string
  - name: doc_population
    dtype: string
  - name: doc_habitats
    dtype: string
  - name: doc_threats
    dtype: string
  - name: doc_measures
    dtype: string
  - name: doc_rationale
    dtype: string
  - name: number_of_pages
    dtype: int64
  - name: description
    dtype: string
  splits:
  - name: train
    num_bytes: 3225891899
    num_examples: 1414
  download_size: 3223255850
  dataset_size: 3225891899
---

# The O'Reilly Animal Menagerie

A dataset of animals from the book covers of [O'Reilly Media](https://www.oreilly.com/).

Read Edie Freedman's fantastic piece on the history of the O'Reilly animals here: https://www.oreilly.com/content/a-short-history-of-the-oreilly-animals/


## Dataset

The dataset has **1414 rows**, all sourced from the [O'Reilly Menagerie](https://www.oreilly.com/animals.csp) and enriched with metadata. 

A JSON-ified row of the dataset:

```json
{
  "animal_name": "Flat-Headed Cat, kitten",
  "scientific_name": "Prionailurus planiceps",
  "book_title": "Essential Blogging",
  "author": "Doctorow, Cory",
  "animal_class": "mammal",
  "kingdom": "ANIMALIA",
  "phylum": "CHORDATA",
  "class_name": "MAMMALIA",
  "order": "CARNIVORA",
  "family": "FELIDAE",
  "iucn_code": "EN",
  "iucn_criteria": "C1",
  "iucn_year": "2015",
  "iucn_url": "https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18148/50662095",
  "population_trend": "Decreasing",
  "systems": [
    "Terrestrial",
    "Freshwater (=Inland waters)"
  ],
  "habitats": [
    "Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)",
    "Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level",
    "Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Swamp"
  ],
  "threats": [
    {
      "threat": "Motivation Unknown/Unrecorded",
      "severity": null,
      "timing": "Ongoing"
    },
    {
      "threat": "Shifting agriculture",
      "severity": null,
      "timing": "Ongoing"
    },
    {
      "threat": "Unintentional effects: (large scale) [harvest]",
      "severity": null,
      "timing": "Ongoing"
    }
  ],
  "conservation_actions": [
    "Site/area management",
    "Training",
    "Site/area protection"
  ],
  "doc_range": "The Flat-headed Cat has a restricted distribution, found only on Sumatra, Borneo and the Malayan Peninsula (Malaysia and extreme southern Thailand). I...",
  "doc_threats": "Wetland and lowland forest destruction and degradation is the primary threat faced by the species (Nowell and Jackson 1996, Wilting et al. 2010). Caus...",
  "wiki_title": "Flat-headed cat",
  "qid": "Q274177",
  "commons_photo_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Flat-headed_cat_1_Jim_Sanderson.JPG",
  "commons_range_map_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Flat-headedCat_distribution2015.jpg"
}
```

## License

This dataset is provided for research and educational purposes. The book cover images and animal engravings are property of O'Reilly Media, Inc. Metadata is sourced from Wikimedia projects (the CC BY-SA 4.0 license only covers that part of the dataset) and book metadata from the Internet Archive. This dataset is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by O’Reilly Media, Inc.