ANM Zoological vertebrate collection
Citation
Solheim R (2024). ANM Zoological vertebrate collection. Version 1.5. University of Agder. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/bzmccj accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-08-29.Description
The zoological collection at the Natural History Museum, Agder University, is focused on mammals and birds, primarily from Fennoscandia, but also with specimens from North America. Specimens cover 23 nations, primarily Norway. The collection includes skins, crania and parts of skeletons, bird eggs and tissue samples. One journal number may cover skin, cranium and tissue sample where all items are kept, while some samples contain one or two types of material only. The collection contains 468 crania of beaver (Castor fiber, probably the world´s largest cranium collection on this species), almost 1100 mammal skins (primarily rodents; 723, shrews and their allies; 185, and bats; 69) and more than 1300 birds (skins; 1083 and fragments; 163). The bird collection holds 590 owls (thereof 470 skins, 82 fragments) of 20 species. Each entry holds data on date of collection, when acquired, location with coordinates, sex and age of specimen (where known), weight and measurements, collector, determinator and name of taxidermist.Taxonomic Coverages
Mammal collection primarily rodents, shrews and bats. Birds cover most families found in Europe, with main emphasis on owls Strigidae.
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Mammaliacommon name: Mammals
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Avescommon name: Birds
Geographic Coverages
Primarily specimens from Norway and Scandinavian countries, some from Europe and North Amerika. A few Russian specimens.
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Roar Solheimoriginator
position: Curator
University of Agder
Kristiansand
NO
Telephone: +4791770760
email: roar.solheim@uia.no
homepage: https://www.uia.no/naturmuseum-og-botanisk-hage
userId: http://orcid.org/000-0002-8790-9318
Roar Solheim
metadata author
position: Curator
University of Agder
Kristiansand
NO
Telephone: +47 91 77 07 60
email: roar.solheim@uia.no
homepage: https://www.uia.no/naturmuseum-og-botanisk-hage
userId: http://orcid.org/000-0002-8790-9318
Vidar Bakken
user
email: vidar.bakken@usit.uio.no
Roar Solheim
administrative point of contact
position: Curator
University of Agder
Kristiansand
NO
Telephone: +47 91 77 07 60
email: roar.solheim@uia.no
homepage: https://www.uia.no/naturmuseum-og-botanisk-hage
userId: http://orcid.org/000-0002-8790-9318