UWBM Mammalogy Collection (Arctos)

Jeff Bradley

doi:10.15468/qziy3w

UWBM Mammalogy Collection (Arctos)

Citation

Bradley J (2019). UWBM Mammalogy Collection (Arctos). University of Washington Burke Museum. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/qziy3w accessed via GBIF.org on 2019-08-18.

Description

The Burke Mammal Collection ranks as the 9th-largest university collection in North America and the 18th-largest of all collections in the Western Hemisphere. Included in our holdings are 70 species of carnivores, 140 bat species, 262 rodent species, 38 primate species, and 37 marine mammal species, with one specimen of the extinct Steller’s sea cow.

Additional info

http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html

Taxonomic Coverages

Mammalia
rank: class

Geographic Coverages

The collection is represented by specimens from North America, South America, Asia, Africa, Australia, and Europe. Over half of the specimens (26,292) are from Washington State. Other well represented areas of the Northwest are Oregon (11%), British Columbia (4%), and Alaska (4%).

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Jeff Bradley
originator
position: Collection Manager
University of Washington Burke Museum
Box 353010
Seattle
98195
WA
US
Telephone: +1 206-685-7417
email: jebrad@uw.edu
homepage: http://www.burkemuseum.org/

Jeff Bradley
metadata author
position: Collection Manager
University of Washington Burke Museum
Box 353010
Seattle
98195
WA
US
Telephone: +1 206-685-7417
email: jebrad@uw.edu
homepage: http://www.burkemuseum.org/

David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet 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

Dusty McDonald
point of contact
position: Arctos Database Programmer
University of Alaska Museum
email: dlmcdonald@alaska.edu
homepage: http://arctos.database.museum

Jeff Bradley
administrative point of contact
position: Collection Manager
University of Washington Burke Museum
Box 353010
Seattle
98195
WA
US
Telephone: +1 206-685-7417
email: jebrad@uw.edu
homepage: http://www.burkemuseum.org/