Ghent University - Zoology Museum - Vertebrate collection
Citation
Verschelde D, Brosens D (2021). Ghent University - Zoology Museum - Vertebrate collection. Ghent University. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/u3fdk4 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-14.Description
The Ghent University Zoological museum holds a scientific collection of vertebrate and invertebrate specimens and a collection of anatomic preparates. The museum dates from 1817 and the original idea was to curate a didactic collection for educational purposes. Ghent University Zoology Museum curates a vertebrate collection of over 6000 specimen. the vertebrate collection is divided in a "Comparative anatomy collection" of about 2000 specimen. A valuable historic collection of Professor Felix. Plateau and several smaller historic collection. Some specimens were bought or donated by the Antwerp Zoo. Some of the specimens belonged to animals living in the Ghent zoo which closed in 1905Taxonomic Coverages
Vertebrates collection of Ugent!
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Vertebratarank: subphylum
Geographic Coverages
Global coverage!
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Dominick Verscheldeoriginator
Ugent
Ghent
BE
email: dominick.verschelde@ugent.be
Dimitri Brosens
originator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) / Belgian Biodiversity Platform
BE
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0846-9116
Dimitri Brosens
metadata author
Belgian Biodiversity Platform
Brussels
BE
email: dimitri.brosens@inbo.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0846-9116
Dimitri dimitri.brosens@inbo.be
user
email: dimitri.brosens@inbo.be
Dominick Verschelde
administrative point of contact
Ugent
Ghent
BE
email: dominick.verschelde@ugent.be