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Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona: MCNB-Cord

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Citation

Quesada Lara J, Agulló Villaronga J (2022). Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona: MCNB-Cord. Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/yta7zj accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-17.

Description

The Chordate collection (except Tissue Bank) contains more than 30,000 specimens, 24.000 of which have geographical origin documented. Collection grows annually by donations and passive recollections. Specimens come from several sources: nature, the Zoological Park of Barcelona, and animal recovery centers in Catalonia. There is a Laboratory where specimens are prepared (study skins, mounted, skeletons, tissues, etc). Chordates are primarily used for scientific and educational purposes. Chondrichthyes collection consists of 580 specimens; Actinopterygii collection contains 9.600 specimens. In both cases, are whole animals alcohol preserved, collected in Spain and Africa. Amphibians, 1.400 specimens, are preserved in alcohol; nearly all come from the Iberian Peninsula. There are nearly 2.300 reptiles, half from Spain and the rest from America and Africa. With more than 14.000 specimens, mostly from Spain, birds make up the largest part of the Chordate collection. Bird collection contains specimens from Equatorial Guinea, Ecuador and Vietnam. The mammal collection (more than 5.000 specimens) is largely a study collection. Half of the mammals in the collection come from fieldwork carried out on the Iberian Peninsula. Highlights include the collection of African mammals, with a few American and Asiatic mammals.

Taxonomic Coverages

  1. Chordata
    rank: phylum

Geographic Coverages

Pincipalmente noreste de la Península Ibérica, algunos de Vietnam, Ecuador, Guinea Ecuatorial, y resto del mundo.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Javier Quesada Lara
originator
position: Conservador
Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona
Passeig Picasso s/n
Barcelona
E-08003
Catalunya
ES
Telephone: +34 932562224
email: jquesadal@bcn.cat
homepage: https://museuciencies.cat/
Jordi Agulló Villaronga
metadata author
position: Collection manager
Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona
Passeig Picasso s/n
Barcelona
E-08003
Catalunya
ES
Telephone: +34 932562200
email: jagullov@bcn.cat
homepage: https://museuciencies.cat/
Javier Quesada Lara
administrative point of contact
position: Conservador
Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona
Passeig Picasso s/n
Barcelona
E-08003
Catalunya
ES
Telephone: +34 932562224
email: jquesadal@bcn.cat
homepage: https://museuciencies.cat/
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