CHAS Mammalogy Collection (Arctos)

Dawn Roberts

doi:10.15468/ebxyjx

CHAS Mammalogy Collection (Arctos)

Citation

Roberts D (2018). CHAS Mammalogy Collection (Arctos). Version 13.16. Chicago Academy of Sciences. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/ebxyjx accessed via GBIF.org on 2018-08-14.

Description

The Chicago Academy of Sciences’ mammalogy collection contains mostly small mammals native to the Midwest, as well as some Appalachian species. Specimens are primarily prepared as skins, with some additional osteological and display mount items. Many specimens are associated with collectors or Academy expeditions that have manuscript and /or audio-visual archival material, which can be provided to researchers upon request. Notable collectors include Robert Kennicott, Roy and Edwin Komarek, Alfred M. Bailey, Charles D. Brower, Stephen S. Gregory.

Additional info

http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html Rooted in Chicago, Illinois, the Chicago Academy of Sciences was founded in 1857 and was the first science museum in Chicago. Through its Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, the Academy connects its community to local environments and inspires life-long relationships with urban nature. The museum collections and archives contain natural history collections in the disciplines of botany, entomology, geology, herpetology, malacology, mammalogy, oology, ornithology, and paleontology, as well as cultural collections, audio visual collections, and archives. These materials range from the 1830s to the present and are predominantly from North America with a focus in the Midwest/Western Great Lakes region.

Taxonomic Coverages

Type specimens: Geomys bursarius illinoensis, Microtus chrotorrhinus, Thomomys bottae; Paratype specimens: Thomomys bottae operosus; Topotype specimens: Canis rufus, Geomys attwateri, Microtus californicus, Myotis sodalis, Neotoma mexicana, Perognathus longimembris, Reithrodontomys megalotis, Tamias speciosus

Mammalia
rank: class

Geographic Coverages

Primarily United States: Midwest, Southwest, Appalachia. Some specimens from Canada and South America.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Dawn Roberts
originator
position: Director of Collections
The Chicago Academy of Sciences
2430 North Cannon Drive
Chicago
60614
IL
US
Telephone: +01 773-755-5125
email: droberts@naturemuseum.org
homepage: http://www.naturemuseum.org

Dawn Roberts
metadata author
position: Director of Collections
The Chicago Academy of Sciences
2430 North Cannon Drive
Chicago
60614
IL
US
Telephone: +01 773-755-5125
email: droberts@naturemuseum.org
homepage: http://www.naturemuseum.org

Erica Krimmel
point of contact
position: Assistant Collections Manager
The Chicago Academy of Sciences
2430 North Cannon Drive
Chicago
60614
IL
US
Telephone: +01 773-755-5118
email: ekrimmel@naturemuseum.org
homepage: http://www.naturemuseum.org

Laura Russell
programmer
position: Programmer
VertNet
email: larussell@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org

David Bloom
programmer
position: Coordinator
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org

John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley
email: tuco@berkeley.edu

Dawn Roberts
administrative point of contact
position: Director of Collections
The Chicago Academy of Sciences
2430 North Cannon Drive
Chicago
60614
IL
US
Telephone: +01 773-755-5125
email: droberts@naturemuseum.org
homepage: http://www.naturemuseum.org