---
title: "Get external links by Taxonomy ID"
method: GET
path: "/taxonomy/taxon/{taxon}/links"
tags: ["Taxonomy"]
---

# Get external links by Taxonomy ID

`GET /taxonomy/taxon/{taxon}/links`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/v2`
- URL: `https://api.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/v2/taxonomy/taxon/{taxon}/links`
- Auth: API key in header `api-key`

Get external links associated with a given taxon in JSON format.

## Path parameters

- `taxon` string, required

## Response `200`

A successful response

- V2TaxonomyLinksResponse
  - `tax_id` string
  - `encyclopedia_of_life` string
  - `global_biodiversity_information_facility` string
  - `inaturalist` string
  - `viralzone` string
  - `wikipedia` string
  - `generic_links` V2TaxonomyLinksResponseGenericLink[]
    - `link_name` string
    - `link_url` string

## Other responses

- `default`: An unexpected error response.

## Changes

- **2025-02-08** `00bdccfc6283`: 1 breaking, 1 info
  - removed the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `default`
  - added the media type `text/plain` for the response with the status `default`
- **2023-11-14** `b4da81b65e0a`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/ncats/apis/ncbi-datasets-api/changes/taxonomy/taxon/:taxon/links/get.md)

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