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University of Tartu Natural History Museum and Botanical Garden Zooloogical Collections

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Citation

Soon V. University of Tartu Natural History Museum and Botanical Garden Zooloogical Collections. University of Tartu, Natural History Museum and Botanical Garden. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/6hfnux accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-17.

Description

The University of Tartu Natural History Museum preserves the oldest zoological specimens in Estonia, these were collected in 1803–1809 by G. A. Germann, who was the chairman of the Cabinet of Natural History at that time. The Zoological museum was founded in 1822.Presently ca 283 000 specimens are preserved there, prepared as required. In addition, ca 250 000 specimens of unprepared entomological materials are preserved on cotton wool. Mostly in entomological collections, ca 500 type specimens are preserved. The materials have been collected mostly in the northern part of Palearctic, some of it comes from elsewhere in the world as well.The materials are: mammalian skins (2123 items), bird skins (8275 items), lower vertebrates – fish, amphibians, reptiles (both dry and wet materials, 1708 items), oological collections (15 914 items), osteological collections (ca 60 000), malacological collections (ca 82 700 items), entomological collections (ca 110 000 items).The collections are used by researchers both from Estonia and from abroad.

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Contacts

Villu Soon
originator
position: Curator
email: villu.soon@ut.ee
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5368-0319
Villu Soon
metadata author
position: Curator
email: villu.soon@ut.ee
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5368-0319
Villu Soon
administrative point of contact
position: Curator
email: villu.soon@ut.ee
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5368-0319
Andrei Miljutin
administrative point of contact
position: Curator
email: andrei.miljutin@ut.ee
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4989-7037
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