UWBM Mammalogy Collection (Arctos)
Citation
Bradley J (2024). UWBM Mammalogy Collection (Arctos). University of Washington Burke Museum. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/qziy3w accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-08-16.Description
The Burke Mammal Collection ranks as the 9th-largest university collection in North America and the 18th-largest of all collections in the Western Hemisphere. Included in our holdings are 70 species of carnivores, 140 bat species, 262 rodent species, 38 primate species, and 37 marine mammal species, with one specimen of the extinct Steller's sea cow.Additional info
http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.htmlTaxonomic Coverages
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Mammaliarank: class
Geographic Coverages
The collection is represented by specimens from North America, South America, Asia, Africa, Australia, and Europe. Over half of the specimens (26,292) are from Washington State. Other well represented areas of the Northwest are Oregon (11%), British Columbia (4%), and Alaska (4%).
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Jeff Bradleyoriginator
position: Collection Manager
University of Washington Burke Museum
Box 353010
Seattle
98195
WA
US
Telephone: +1 206-685-7417
email: jebrad@uw.edu
homepage: http://www.burkemuseum.org/
Jeff Bradley
metadata author
position: Collection Manager
University of Washington Burke Museum
Box 353010
Seattle
98195
WA
US
Telephone: +1 206-685-7417
email: jebrad@uw.edu
homepage: http://www.burkemuseum.org/
David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Coordinator
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org
John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley
email: tuco@berkeley.edu
Dusty McDonald
point of contact
position: Arctos Database Programmer
University of Alaska Museum
email: dlmcdonald@alaska.edu
homepage: http://arctos.database.museum
Jeff Bradley
administrative point of contact
position: Collection Manager
University of Washington Burke Museum
Box 353010
Seattle
98195
WA
US
Telephone: +1 206-685-7417
email: jebrad@uw.edu
homepage: http://www.burkemuseum.org/