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When taxon concept is removed from appendices this becomes \u003ccode\u003eNC\u003c/code\u003e. When taxon is split listed it becomes a concatenation of appendix symbols, e.g. \u003ccode\u003eI/II/NC\u003c/code\u003e (only for accepted names) [max 255 characters]\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/dd\u003e\u003cdt\u003ecites_listings\n\u003cdd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003elist of current CITES listings with annotations (there will be more than one element in this list in case of split listings; only for accepted names) [appendix max 255 characters; annotation, hash_annotation unlimited length]\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/dd\u003e\u003cdt\u003eeu_listing\n\u003cdd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003evalue of current EU listing. When taxon concept is removed from annexes this becomes \u003ccode\u003eNC\u003c/code\u003e. When taxon is split listed it becomes a concatenation of annex symbols, e.g. \u003ccode\u003eA/B/NC\u003c/code\u003e (only for accepted names) [max 255 characters]\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/dd\u003e\u003cdt\u003eeu_listings\n\u003cdd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003elist of current EU listings with annotations (there will be more than one element in this list in case of split listings; only for accepted names) [appendix max 255 characters; annotation, hash_annotation unlimited length]\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/dd\u003e\u003cdt\u003eaccepted_names\n\u003cdd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003elist of accepted names (only for synonyms, i.e. name_status == S) [full_name, author_year and rank follow the same length constraints as respective properties of the main taxon concept]\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/dd\u003e\u003c/dl\u003e\n\n\u003ch4 id=\"label-Note+on+deleted+taxon+concepts\"\u003eNote on deleted taxon concepts\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"#label-Note+on+deleted+taxon+concepts\"\u003e\u0026para;\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"#top\"\u003e\u0026uarr;\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/h4\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the event of removal from CITES appendices, a taxon is not deleted from the Species+ DB. As a historically listed taxon it remains in the database, and in most cases the value of current CITES listing becomes ‘NC’. In some cases the value is affected by listed subspecies, e.g. \u003cem\u003ePseudomys fieldi\u003c/em\u003e has been removed from Appendix I, but since there is a listed subspecies, the current listing is ‘I/NC’.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTaxon concepts are deleted from the Species+ database only on rare occasions when they have been entered by mistake. API consumers can detect this event by checking the value of the ‘active’ flag, which is set to false in case of deleted taxa.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4 id=\"label-Note+on+updated_since\"\u003eNote on \u003ccode\u003eupdated_since\u003c/code\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"#label-Note+on+updated_since\"\u003e\u0026para;\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"#top\"\u003e\u0026uarr;\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/h4\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ccode\u003eupdated_since\u003c/code\u003e parameter is intended to be used in order to allow API clients to only fetch taxon concepts updated since the last run of the synchronisation job. Those taxa will include:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTaxa that have been newly added. This can be verified by checking against the list of existing identifiers.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTaxa that have been deleted. 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