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LSUMZ Mammals Collection

Dataset homepage

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 2023-06-10.

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.html

Taxonomic 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.
  1. Mammalia
    common name: mammals rank: class

Geographic Coverages

More than half of the specimens in the collection come from Latin America.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Jake Esselstyn
originator
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
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