Brigham Young University Life Science Museum (BYU) Mammal Collection (Arctos)

Alison Whiting

doi:10.15468/5sdbbp

Brigham Young University Life Science Museum (BYU) Mammal Collection (Arctos)

Citation

Whiting A (2024). Brigham Young University Life Science Museum (BYU) Mammal Collection (Arctos). Version 1.47. Brigham Young University Life Science Museum. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/5sdbbp accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-12.

Description

The BYU Life Science Museum mammal collection houses more than 42,000 specimens with emphasis on the Great Basin (especially Utah and Nevada) and Mexico. The collection includes specimens that were formerly at Utah State University as well as a portion of the former University of Illinois Museum of Natural History collection (specimens from Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Washington, Wyoming and Mexico). The collection also contains more than 10,000 ethanol-preserved tissues, 15,000 frozen tissues and more than 6,000 DNA archives from Great Basin and Mexican mammals. The BYU Life Science Museum was formerly known as the Monte L. Bean Museum.

Sampling Description

Method steps

Additional info

http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html; Arctos Data Ownership and Use: http://arctosdb.org/home/data/

Taxonomic Coverages

Mammalia
rank: class

Geographic Coverages

The BYU mammal collection houses more than 42,000 specimens with global coverage, but an emphasis on the Great Basin (especially Utah and Nevada) and Mexico.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Alison Whiting
originator
position: Curator
Brigham Young University Life Science Museum
645 E 1430 N
Provo
84602
UT
US
Telephone: 801-422-5050
email: alison.whiting@byu.edu
homepage: https://lsm.byu.edu/

Alison Whiting
metadata author
position: Curator
Brigham Young University Life Science Museum
645 E 1430 N
Provo
84602
UT
US
Telephone: 801-422-5050
email: alison.whiting@byu.edu
homepage: https://lsm.byu.edu/

David Bloom
administrative point of contact
position: VertNet Coordinator
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org

John Wieczorek
administrative point of contact
position: Information Architect
VertNet
email: tuco@berkeley.edu
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org

Alison Whiting
administrative point of contact
position: Curator
Brigham Young University Life Science Museum
645 E 1430 N
Provo
84602
UT
US
Telephone: 801-422-5050
email: alison.whiting@byu.edu
homepage: https://lsm.byu.edu/

Duke Rogers
administrative point of contact
position: Curator
Brigham Young University Life Science Museum
645 E 1430 N
Provo
84602
UT
US
Telephone: 801-422-5050
email: duke_rogers@byu.edu
homepage: https://lsm.byu.edu/