Alabama Museum of Natural History Mammal Specimens (Arctos)

Brooke Bogan

doi:10.15468/e7cdux

Alabama Museum of Natural History Mammal Specimens (Arctos)

Citation

Bogan B (2024). Alabama Museum of Natural History Mammal Specimens (Arctos). Version 1.21. Alabama Museum of Natural History. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/e7cdux accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-11.

Description

The Alabama Museum of Natural History's Mammal collection contains numerous series of small Alabama mammals such as rodents, shrews and bats that are available for research. More than 3000 specimens, including study skins, skulls and taxidermy, are represented in its holdings.Many of the specimens were collected in the 1950’s and 60’s through the Department of Biological Sciences. Several collections of big game trophy heads were acquired from five different donors comprising an eclectic mix of sheep, antelope and other hoofed mammals.Some full mounts of African and North American mammals also exist.

Purpose

Natural History Research and Education

Sampling Description

Method steps

Additional info

Arctos Data Ownership and Use: http://arctosdb.org/home/data/; http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html

Taxonomic Coverages

Mammals

Mammalia
common name: Mammals rank: class

Geographic Coverages

Geographically, most specimens originate from Alabama, with some specimens collected from the Northeastern US. Several collections of big game trophy heads were acquired from five different donors comprising a global eclectic mix of sheep, antelope and other hoofed mammals. Some full mounts of African and North American mammals also exist.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Brooke Bogan
originator
position: Collections Manager
Alabama Museum of Natural History
email: brookeabogan@gmail.com
homepage: https://almnh.museums.ua.edu/

Brooke Bogan
metadata author
position: Collections Manager
Alabama Museum of Natural History
email: brookeabogan@gmail.com
homepage: https://almnh.museums.ua.edu/

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

John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
VertNet
email: tuco@berkeley.edu
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org

John Abbott
curator
position: Director of Museum Research and Collections
University of Alabama Museums
email: jabbott1@ua.edu

Brooke Bogan
administrative point of contact
position: Collections Manager
Alabama Museum of Natural History
email: brookeabogan@gmail.com
homepage: https://almnh.museums.ua.edu/