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Canadian Museum of Nature Mammal Collection

Dataset homepage

Citation

Khidas K, Torgersen J (2022). Canadian Museum of Nature Mammal Collection. Version 1.118. Canadian Museum of Nature. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/okgapc accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-20.

Description

The Canadian Museum of Nature's Mammal Collection contains ca. 85,000 study skins, pelts, mounts, and skeletons, representing approximately 600 species. The museum holds the most comprehensive collection of Canadian mammals, with extensive coverage of Arctic regions. Carnivores, ungulates, rodents, and marine mammals are well-represented. The museum also holds many cetacean tissue samples (both dry and fluid-preserved) that were collected in the North Atlantic during commercial whaling operations in the 1960s and early 1970s.

Taxonomic Coverages

  1. Mammalia
    common name: Mammals rank: class

Geographic Coverages

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Kamal Khidas
originator
position: Curator, Vertebrate Zoology
Canadian Museum of Nature
Ottawa
Ontario
CA
Telephone: 1-613-364-4098
email: kkhidas@nature.ca
homepage: https://nature.ca/en/research-collections/science-experts/kamal-khidas
John Torgersen
metadata author
position: Assistant Collections Information Manager
Canadian Museum of Nature
CA
email: jtorgersen@nature.ca
Kamal Khidas
curator
position: Curator, Vertebrate Zoology
Canadian Museum of Nature
Ottawa
Ontario
CA
Telephone: 1-613-364-4098
email: kkhidas@nature.ca
homepage: https://nature.ca/en/research-collections/science-experts/kamal-khidas
Stéphanie Tessier
processor
position: Assistant Collection Manager
Canadian Museum of Nature
Ottawa
Ontario
CA
email: stessier@nature.ca
Gregory Rand
processor
position: Assistant Collection Manager
Canadian Museum of Nature
Ottawa
Ontario
CA
email: grand@nature.ca
Marie-Hélène Hubert
processor
position: Collection Technician
Canadian Museum of Nature
Ottawa
Ontario
CA
email: mhhubert@nature.ca
Kamal Khidas
administrative point of contact
position: Curator, Vertebrate Zoology
Canadian Museum of Nature
Ottawa
Ontario
CA
Telephone: 1-613-364-4098
email: kkhidas@nature.ca
homepage: https://nature.ca/en/research-collections/science-experts/kamal-khidas
Gregory Rand
administrative point of contact
position: Manager, Mammal Collection
Canadian Museum of Nature
Ottawa
Ontario
CA
Telephone: 613-566-4291
email: grand@nature.ca
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