ANM Zoological vertebrate collection

Roar Solheim

doi:10.15468/bzmccj

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 2024-12-14.

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.

Mammalia
common name: Mammals
Aves
common 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 Solheim
originator
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