LSUMZ Mammals Collection
Citation
Esselstyn J (2017). LSUMZ Mammals Collection. Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/wxiqf6 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-07-17.Description
The mammal collection (current holdings more than 37,000 specimens) is the largest of its kind in the Central Gulf region and among the 20 largest in the nation. The collection contains 23 holotypes (specimens representing species new to science).Additional info
http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.htmlTaxonomic Coverages
No other collection of mammals in the U.S. has a larger proportional representation of Neotropical species. Especially well represented are Neotropical bats, including rare species, such as Tomopeas ravus and Sciurillus pusillus from Peru, Mexican and Central American pocket gophers, including several specimens of the rare species, Zygogeomys trichopus, from Mexico, and rare South American mammal species, such as the giant armadillo, Priodontes maximus.
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Mammaliacommon name: mammals rank: class
Geographic Coverages
More than half of the specimens in the collection come from Latin America.
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Jake Esselstynoriginator
position: Curator
Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science
119 Foster Hall
Baton Rouge
70803
LA
US
Telephone: +01 225-578-3083
email: esselstyn@lsu.edu
homepage: http://appl003.lsu.edu/natsci/lmns.nsf/index
Jake Esselstyn
metadata author
position: Curator
Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science
119 Foster Hall
Baton Rouge
70803
LA
US
Telephone: +01 225-578-3083
email: esselstyn@lsu.edu
homepage: http://appl003.lsu.edu/natsci/lmns.nsf/index
Laura Russell
programmer
position: VertNet Programmer
VertNet
email: larussell@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.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
Jake Esselstyn
administrative point of contact
position: Curator
Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science
119 Foster Hall
Baton Rouge
70803
LA
US
Telephone: +01 225-578-3083
email: esselstyn@lsu.edu
homepage: http://appl003.lsu.edu/natsci/lmns.nsf/index