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UCLA Donald R. Dickey Bird and Mammal Collection

Dataset homepage

Citation

Molina K (2016). UCLA Donald R. Dickey Bird and Mammal Collection. UCLA-Dickey Collection (UCLA-Dickey). Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/qv6cxl accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-18.

Description

The UCLA Donald R. Dickey Bird and Mammal Collection consists of over 50,000 skins and skeletons of birds and mammals from the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, and islands in the Pacific. The collection was developed by Donald R. Dickey of Pasadena between 1910 and1932. Donated to UCLA in 1940 by his widow, Florence Van Vechten Dickey, it is one of the world's best collections of birds and mammals of the American southwest and Central America. It is used for teaching and research by faculty, students, and visiting scientists.

Additional info

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

Taxonomic Coverages

The avian collection includes representatives of every order and 75% of the families; the mammal collection is less comprehensive, spanning 35% of the orders and 40% of all families. The collection has significant systematic and taxonomic value in that it contains over 200 holotypes, including 183 bird and 48 mammal taxa, respectively.
  1. Aves
    common name: birds rank: class
  2. Mammalia
    common name: mammals rank: class

Geographic Coverages

Our geographic strengths include western North America and Middle America, with major series from Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Costa Rica.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Kathy Molina
originator
position: Collection Manager
University of California, Los Angeles
Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Hershey Hall, 612 Charles Young Dr. East
Los Angeles
90095
CA
US
Telephone: +01 310-825-1282
email: kmolina@obee.ucla.edu
homepage: http://www.eeb.ucla.edu/dickey/
Kathy Molina
metadata author
position: Collection Manager
University of California, Los Angeles
Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Hershey Hall, 612 Charles Young Dr. East
Los Angeles
90095
CA
US
Telephone: +01 310-825-1282
email: kmolina@obee.ucla.edu
homepage: http://www.eeb.ucla.edu/dickey/
David Bloom
programmer
position: Programmer
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org
David Bloom
programmer
position: Coordinator
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org
John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley
email: tuco@berkeley.edu
Kathy Molina
administrative point of contact
position: Collection Manager
University of California, Los Angeles
Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Hershey Hall, 612 Charles Young Dr. East
Los Angeles
90095
CA
US
Telephone: +01 310-825-1282
email: kmolina@obee.ucla.edu
homepage: http://www.eeb.ucla.edu/dickey/
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