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    dc:URI="http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/distribution_status/"
	dc:description="A statement about the presence or absence of a Taxon at a Location."
	dc:title="Distribution Status GBIF Vocabulary"
	dc:issued="2020-07-15"
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 <concept dc:identifier="present" dc:URI="http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/distribution_status/present"  dc:issued="2020-07-15" dc:description="There is at least one well-documented record of the taxon's presence in the area.">
  <preferred>
   <term dc:source="" dc:title="present" xml:lang="en"/>
  </preferred>
  <alternative>
   <term dc:source="" dc:title="endemic" xml:lang="en" />
   <term dc:source="" dc:title="native" xml:lang="en" />
   <term dc:source="" dc:title="extant" xml:lang="en" />
  </alternative>
 </concept>

 <concept dc:identifier="common" dc:URI="http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/distribution_status/common"  dc:issued="2020-07-15" dc:description="Subclass of present: The taxon is observed frequently in the area.">
  <preferred>
   <term dc:source="" dc:title="common" xml:lang="en"/>
  </preferred>
  <alternative>
   <term dc:source="" dc:title="frequent" xml:lang="en" />
   <term dc:source="" dc:title="fairly common" xml:lang="en" />
  </alternative>
 </concept>

 <concept dc:identifier="rare" dc:URI="http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/distribution_status/rare"  dc:issued="2020-07-15" dc:description="Subclass of present: The taxon occurs regularly in this area, but only in small numbers.">
  <preferred>
   <term dc:source="" dc:title="rare" xml:lang="en"/>
  </preferred>
  <alternative>
   <term dc:source="" dc:title="uncommon" xml:lang="en" />
   <term dc:source="" dc:title="casual" xml:lang="en" />
  </alternative>
 </concept>

 <concept dc:identifier="irregular" dc:URI="http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/distribution_status/irregular"  dc:issued="2020-07-15" dc:description="Subclass of present: The taxon may be common in certain years and entirely absent in other years.">
  <preferred>
   <term dc:source="" dc:title="irregular" xml:lang="en"/>
  </preferred>
  <alternative>
   <term dc:source="" dc:title="ephemeral" xml:lang="en" />
   <term dc:source="" dc:title="episodic" xml:lang="en" />
   <term dc:source="" dc:title="vagrant" xml:lang="en" />
  </alternative>
 </concept>

 <concept dc:identifier="doubtful" dc:URI="http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/distribution_status/doubtful"  dc:issued="2020-07-15" dc:description="The taxon is scored as being present in the area but there is some doubt over the evidence. The doubt may be of different kinds including taxonomic or geographic imprecision in the records.">
  <preferred>
   <term dc:source="" dc:title="doubtful" xml:lang="en"/>
  </preferred>
  <alternative>
   <term dc:source="" dc:title="possibly extant" xml:lang="en" />
   <term dc:source="" dc:title="probably extant" xml:lang="en" />
   <term dc:source="" dc:title="possibly extinct" xml:lang="en" />
   <term dc:source="" dc:title="presence uncertain" xml:lang="en" />
  </alternative>
 </concept>

 <concept dc:identifier="absent" dc:URI="http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/distribution_status/absent"  dc:issued="2020-07-15" dc:description="There is evidence to document the absence of a taxon in the area. An extinct organism is absent while its establishmentMeans is native.">
  <preferred>
   <term dc:source="" dc:title="absent" xml:lang="en"/>
  </preferred>
  <alternative>
   <term dc:source="" dc:title="extinct" xml:lang="en" />
   <term dc:source="" dc:title="extirpated" xml:lang="en" />
  </alternative>
 </concept>

 <concept dc:identifier="excluded" dc:URI="http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/distribution_status/excluded"  dc:issued="2020-07-15" dc:description="Subclass of absent: The organism is reported in some (grey) literature for a certain region, but is is erroneous.  The reason for exclusion could be a misidentification, an old report, a simple publishing mistake or any other or unknown reason.">
  <preferred>
   <term dc:source="" dc:title="excluded" xml:lang="en"/>
  </preferred>
  <alternative>
   <term dc:source="" dc:title="misidentification" xml:lang="en" />
   <term dc:source="" dc:title="reported in error" xml:lang="en" />
   <term dc:source="" dc:title="erroneous" xml:lang="en" />
  </alternative>
 </concept>
</thesaurus>
