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Vertebrate Zoology Division - Mammalogy, Yale Peabody Museum

Citation

Gall L (2022). Vertebrate Zoology Division - Mammalogy, Yale Peabody Museum. Yale University Peabody Museum. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/4mm6uc accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-25.

Description

The mammal collection in the Yale Peabody Museums’s Division of Vertebrate Zoology, although small, is worldwide in coverage, and is used principally for teaching. The 5,086 mammal skins (over 720 species) date from the 19th century, and includes several rare and endangered species: the African elephant, black rhinoceros, orangutan, mountain gorilla, red wolf, black-footed ferret and snow leopard. The skeleton collection is likewise small (4,776 specimens representing over 770 species), but historically important, and contains a disproportionate number of large animals, among them one of only 7 complete skeletons of the now extinct quagga, and a large series of buffalo skulls from the 1870s.

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

worldwide

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Larry Gall
originator
position: Head, Computer Systems Office
Yale Peabody Museum
170 Whitney Avenue
New Haven
06511
CT
US
Telephone: 203-432-9892
email: lawrence.gall@yale.edu
homepage: http://www.peabody.yale.edu
Larry Gall
metadata author
position: Head, Computer Systems Office
Yale Peabody Museum
170 Whitney Avenue
New Haven
06511
CT
US
Telephone: 203-432-9892
email: lawrence.gall@yale.edu
homepage: http://www.peabody.yale.edu
Larry Gall
user
position: Head, Computer Systems Office
Yale Peabody Museum
170 Whitney Avenue
New Haven
06511
CT
US
Telephone: 203-432-9892
email: lawrence.gall@yale.edu
homepage: http://www.peabody.yale.edu
Kristof Zyskowski
administrative point of contact
position: Division of Vertebrate Zoology
Yale Peabody Museum
170 Whitney Avenue
New Haven
06511
CT
US
Telephone: 203-432-9821
email: kristof.zyskowski@yale.edu
homepage: http://www.peabody.yale.edu
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