Wild Guide
Data sources
Wild Guide combines open geographic data with carefully reviewed animal and attraction records.
Maps and boundaries
geoBoundaries
Administrative country, regional, and subregional boundaries used by animal range maps.
geoBoundaries gbOpen, William & Mary geoLab
Dataset version 9469f09
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Visit geoBoundariesNatural Earth
Supplemental boundaries used where equivalent units are not present in the main geographic dataset.
UK locations
National Statistics Postcode Lookup
Postcode coordinates used to calculate distances between a visitor's search location and attractions.
OS Open Names
Place names and coordinates used to understand searches for UK cities, towns, villages, and localities.
Ordnance Survey open data
Open Government Licence
Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
OS Open NamesAnimal information
IUCN Red List framework
Wild Guide uses recognised IUCN categories and, where imported for a species, simplified IUCN spatial data as the authoritative biological range.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
View spatial data informationEditorial and species sources
Species facts, taxonomy, range assessments, and attraction records are reviewed from their attached references rather than attributed to one universal dataset.
Relevant citations are shown on detailed animal and range pages when available.
Dataset names and licences refer to the versions used by Wild Guide. Source organisations do not endorse Wild Guide or its editorial content.