Canadian Museum of Nature Mammal Collection
Citation
Khidas K, Blades R (2024). Canadian Museum of Nature Mammal Collection. Version 1.146. Canadian Museum of Nature. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/okgapc accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-11.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.
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Mammaliacommon name: Mammals rank: class
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Contacts
Kamal Khidasoriginator
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/our-science/science-experts/kamal-khidas/
Rob Blades
metadata author
position: Digital Collections Information Manager
Canadian Museum of Nature
CA
email: rblades@nature.ca
homepage: https://nature.ca/en/our-science/science-experts/rob-blades/
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/our-science/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/our-science/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