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Northern Michigan University (NMU) Mammal Specimens (Arctos)

Dataset homepage

Citation

Galbreath K (2024). Northern Michigan University (NMU) Mammal Specimens (Arctos). Version 1.84. Northern Michigan University. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/zazfgp accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-17.

Description

The mammal collection of Northern Michigan University holds skins, skeletons, and frozen tissues, with strengths in small mammals (especially rodents, insectivores) of the Great Lakes Region and wolves of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Additional info

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

Taxonomic Coverages

The NMU Museum of Zoology mammal collection contains representatives of multiple orders of mammals, with the largest holdings from rodents, carnivores, and shrews.
  1. Mammalia
    rank: class

Geographic Coverages

The NMU Museum of Zoology mammal collection contains specimens predominantly from Michigan, with some specimens from other U.S. states and Canada.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Kurt Galbreath
originator
position: Faculty Curator
Northern Michigan University Museum of Zoology
Biology Department, Northern Michigan University, 2119 New Science Facility
Marquette
49855
Michigan
US
Telephone: (906) 227-1586
email: kgalbrea@nmu.edu
homepage: https://www.nmu.edu/biology/kurt-galbreath
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8065-0833
Kurt Galbreath
metadata author
position: Faculty Curator
Northern Michigan University Museum of Zoology
Biology Department, Northern Michigan University, 2119 New Science Facility
Marquette
49855
Michigan
US
Telephone: (906) 227-1586
email: kgalbrea@nmu.edu
homepage: https://www.nmu.edu/biology/kurt-galbreath
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8065-0833
David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Coordinator
email: dbloom@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
email: dustymc@gmail.com
homepage: http://arctos.database.museum
Kurt Galbreath
administrative point of contact
position: Faculty Curator
Northern Michigan University Museum of Zoology
Biology Department, Northern Michigan University, 2119 New Science Facility
Marquette
49855
Michigan
US
Telephone: (906) 227-1586
email: kgalbrea@nmu.edu
homepage: https://www.nmu.edu/biology/kurt-galbreath
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8065-0833
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