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Each record includes occurrenceID, recordedBy, individualCount, organismQuantity, scientificName, scientificNameAuthorship, taxonomic hierarchy (kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, specificEpithet, taxonRank), eventDate, decimalLatitude, decimalLongitude, geodeticDatum, countryCode, country, stateProvince, county, locality, type, ownerInstitutionCode and taxonRemarks. All records have basisOfRecord = HumanObservation, occurrenceStatus = present and organismQuantityType = individuals. Occurrence records are georeferenced using the coordinates of the survey sites","acknowledgements":"Field observations were recorded by Cheng Wei, Xu Xing, Du Jinjin, Xu Jiahong, Zhou Chenxi, Wei Shuangting, Wu Yazhao, Liu Bin, Wang Ying, Jiang Weibing, Song Xiaotong, Tang Ying, Shan Zhonghua, Zhang Jianxiong, Zhou Haonan, Chen Rong and Xu Jiahuai. 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