Field Museum of Natural History (Zoology) Mammal Collection

Sharon Grant; Kate Webbink; Janeen Jones

doi:10.15468/n4zgxw

Field Museum of Natural History (Zoology) Mammal Collection

Citation

Grant S, Webbink K, Jones J, Ferguson A (2020). Field Museum of Natural History (Zoology) Mammal Collection. Version 9.18. Field Museum. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/n4zgxw accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-13.

Description

The mammal collections at The Field Museum were founded in 1893, in the wake of the World Columbian Exposition in Chicago, and have grown into one of the world's premier resources for the study of mammalian evolution. Over its history the collection has had the names Field Columbian Museum, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago Natural History Museum, and again Field Museum of Natural History. Collections of Recent mammals number more than 236,000 specimens and 550 primary types. Each category ranks it among the largest mammal collections in the world. Although the collections are unique, encyclopedic, and worldwide in scope, those from the Philippines, Peru, Chile, Madagascar, Tanzania, Egypt, and Iran are among the world's very best.

Additional info

https://www.fieldmuseum.org/field-museum-natural-history-conditions-and-suggested-norms-use-collections-data-and-images

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

Global

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Sharon Grant
originator
position: Technology Liaison to Science
Field Museum of Natural History
1400 S Lake Shore Drive
Chicago
60605
IL
US
Telephone: 3126657203
email: sgrant@fieldmuseum.org
homepage: http://www.fieldmuseum.org
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0201-732X

Kate Webbink
originator
position: Information Specialist
Field Museum of Natural History
1400 S Lake Shore Drive
Chicago
60605
IL
US
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8347-0942

Janeen Jones
originator
position: Technology Liaison to Science
Field Museum of Natural History
1400 S Lake Shore Drive
Chicago
60605
IL
US
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1261-8049

Adam Ferguson
metadata author
Field Museum of Natural History
1400 S Lake Shore Drive
Chicago
60605
IL
US
email: mammals@fieldmuseum.org

Sharon Grant
administrative point of contact
position: Technology Liaison to Science
Field Museum of Natural History
1400 S Lake Shore Drive
Chicago
60605
IL
US
Telephone: 3126657203
email: sgrant@fieldmuseum.org
homepage: http://www.fieldmuseum.org
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0201-732X