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International Species Information System in Zoo Associations & Virtual Zoo Directory

ISIS provides its members with the world standard zoological data collection and sharing software, used by 825 zoos and aquariums in 76 countries. ISIS is the global database for the zoological community, containing information on 2 million animals – almost 15,000 taxa10,000 species. ISIS members use the basic biologic information age, sex, parentage, place of birth circumstance of death, etc. collected in the ISIS system to manage genetic and demographic programs for their animal collections.Today zoos and aquariums are leaders in the effort to breed endangered animals. Aquariums and zoos and are the gene bank of the web of life. Some species have been rescued from extinction, bred in zoos and returned to the wild, for example, the Black Footed Ferret, Californian Condor, Przewalski’s Horse, Red Wolf, Micronesian kingfisher, Arabian Oryx. This work takes a great deal of scientific expertise, genetic research, coordination, cooperation and all of this relies on collecting and exchanging accurate animal data. Breeding and population management rely on knowing information about animals across the region, especially pedigree history and demography births and deaths. Accurate record keeping is essential for managing endangered species in a collection or across several collections. ISIS software has long been recognized as the world standard best practice for zoological record keeping.

Address: 2600 Eagan Woods Drive, Suite 50 Eagan, MN 55121-1170 USA
Telephone: 001.651.209.9240
Fax: 00.651.209.9279
Website: http://www.isis.org/