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Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections - TCWC Vertebrates

Dataset homepage

Citation

Prestridge H (2021). Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections - TCWC Vertebrates. Version 9.4. Texas A&M University Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/szomia accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-19.

Description

The Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections (formerly the Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collection - TCWC), is the natural history collection maintained by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University in College Station Texas.

Additional info

In most cases geospatial data are available for specimens in our collection. To request more detailed locality information please contact us. http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html

Taxonomic Coverages

Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections (TCWC Vertebrates) include collections of birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, and fishes.
  1. Birds
  2. Mammals
  3. Fishes
  4. Reptiles
  5. Amphibians

Geographic Coverages

Collection geographic strengths are Texas, United States, Mexico, Central and South America. Aquatic holdings are strong from Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean, and freshwater locals as above.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Heather Prestridge
originator
position: Curator
Texas A&M University Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, TAMU 2258
College Station
77843
TX
US
Telephone: +01 (979) 845-5783
email: hlprestridge@tamu.edu
homepage: http://brtc.tamu.edu
Heather Prestridge
metadata author
position: Curator
Texas A&M University Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, TAMU 2258
College Station
77843
TX
US
Telephone: +01 (979) 845-5783
email: hlprestridge@tamu.edu
homepage: http://brtc.tamu.edu
Laura Russell
programmer
position: VertNet Programmer
VertNet
email: larussell@vertnet.org
David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Coordinator
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at Berkeley
email: tuco@berkeley.edu
Heather Prestridge
point of contact
position: Curator
Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections
email: brtc@tamu.edu
homepage: http://brtc.tamu.edu
Toby Hibbitts
point of contact
position: Curator
Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections
email: thibbitts@tamu.edu
homepage: http://brtc.tamu.edu
Heather Prestridge
administrative point of contact
position: Curator
Texas A&M University Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, TAMU 2258
College Station
77843
TX
US
Telephone: +01 (979) 845-5783
email: hlprestridge@tamu.edu
homepage: http://brtc.tamu.edu
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