Sex.java

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package org.gbif.api.vocabulary;


/**
 * Vocabulary for the sex of an organism.
 *
 * @see <a href="http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/sex.xml">rs.gbif.org vocabulary</a>
 */
public enum Sex {

  /**
   * No sex determination ever has been observed, for example the Fungi Imperfecti:
   * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungi_Imperfecti
   */
  NONE,

  MALE,

  FEMALE,

  /**
   * Being male and female at the same time.
   */
  HERMAPHRODITE

}