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MLZ Mammal Collection (Arctos)

Dataset homepage

Citation

McCormack J (2023). MLZ Mammal Collection (Arctos). Version 33.75. Moore Laboratory of Zoology. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/febsny accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-09.

Description

A small but influential part of the Moore Laboratory of Zoology, this collection of over 2,000 mammals includes specimens collected by Chester C. Lamb and John C. Hafner. Many of these specimens are paired with skeletons, tissue, and chromosomal data.

Additional info

http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html

Taxonomic Coverages

Taxonomic strengths of the MLZ mammal collection include Rodentia (1,865) and Chiroptera (171).
  1. Mammalia
    rank: class

Geographic Coverages

Geographic strengths of the MLZ mammal collection are Mexico and the United States.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

John McCormack
originator
position: Director/Curator
Moore Laboratory of Zoology
1600 Campus Road, Occidental College
Los Angeles
90041
CA
US
Telephone: (323) 259-1352
email: mccormack@oxy.edu
homepage: http://faculty.oxy.edu/mccormack/
John McCormack
metadata author
position: Director/Curator
Moore Laboratory of Zoology
1600 Campus Road, Occidental College
Los Angeles
90041
CA
US
Telephone: (323) 259-1352
email: mccormack@oxy.edu
homepage: http://faculty.oxy.edu/mccormack/
Laura Russell
programmer
position: VertNet Programmer
VertNet
email: larussell@vertnet.org
David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Coordinator
email: dbloom@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
James Maley
content provider
position: Collections Manager
Moore Laboratory of Zoology
1600 Campus Road, Occidental College
Los Angeles
90041
CA
US
Telephone: (323) 259-1320
email: jmaley@oxy.edu
homepage: http://www.oxy.edu/moore-lab-zoology
John McCormack
administrative point of contact
position: Director/Curator
Moore Laboratory of Zoology
1600 Campus Road, Occidental College
Los Angeles
90041
CA
US
Telephone: (323) 259-1352
email: mccormack@oxy.edu
homepage: http://faculty.oxy.edu/mccormack/
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