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{{Short description|Online zoological encyclopedia}}

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'''ZipcodeZoo''' was a free, online encyclopedia intended to document all living [[species]] and [[infraspecies]] known to science. It was compiled from existing databases. It offered one page for each living species, supplementing text with video, sound, and images where available. ZipcodeZoo was integrated into an app called Lookup Life.<ref>''[https://www.treehugger.com/gadgets/free-app-helps-you-identify-plants-and-animals.html This free app helps you identify the plants and animals around you] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191116155911/https://www.treehugger.com/gadgets/free-app-helps-you-identify-plants-and-animals.html |date=16 November 2019 }}'' from TreeHugger 2015/07/07</ref> As of 2019 the site no longer works.

ZipcodeZoo was an online [[database]] that collected the [[natural history]], [[Biological classification|classification]], [[species]] characteristics, [[conservation biology]], and [[Range (biology)|distribution]] [[information]] of thousands of species and [[infraspecies]]. It included over 800,000 [[photographs]], 50,000 [[video]]s, 160,000 [[media clip|sound clip]]s, and 3.2 million [[map]]s describing nearly 3.2 million species and infraspecies. Its content is now only available on the [[Internet Archive]]

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The site and its sister site lookup.life included a number of specialized search functions, such as identifying a bird species from its color, shape and other traits, including where it was seen; or generating a list of plants or animals likely to be found in or near a specific ___location (a zipcode, state, country, latitude/longitude, etc.). The searches could be restricted to specific taxa, or broad categories like reptiles or fish. A sound trainer could play multiple bird song recordings simultaneously.

ZipcodeZoo drew on the [[Catalogue of Life]] for its basic species list, the [[Global Biodiversity Information Facility]] for its maps, [[Flickr]] for many of its photos, [[YouTube]] for videos, [[Xeno-canto]] for some of its sound recordings, the [[International Union for Conservation of Nature|IUCN]] for conservation status, and other major sources.<ref>such as the [http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/ Taxonomicon] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090824160507/http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/ |date=August 24, August 2009 }} for taxonomic information.</ref>

All the pages were published under one of the Creative Commons licenses.