Washington State University, Charles R. Conner Museum Mammal Specimens (Arctos)

Jessica Tir; Kelly Cassidy

doi:10.15468/75jmhs

Washington State University, Charles R. Conner Museum Mammal Specimens (Arctos)

Citation

Tir J, Cassidy K (2024). Washington State University, Charles R. Conner Museum Mammal Specimens (Arctos). Version 1.6. Charles R. Conner Museum. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/75jmhs accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-13.

Description

The Charles R. Conner Museum's Mammal Collection currently includes approximately 39,000 mammal specimens. Most of the mammal specimens are prepared as study skins and/or skulls. We also have 6,600 post-cranial skeletons (i.e., the skeleton other than the skull), 500 bacula and 143 fluid-preserved specimens. The fluid specimens are mostly mammal embryos and most are not available for dissection.

Purpose

Education and research.

Sampling Description

Method steps

Additional info

Arctos Data Ownership and Use: http://arctosdb.org/home/data/; https://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html

Taxonomic Coverages

Mammals

Mammalia
rank: class

Geographic Coverages

Primarily the Western United States, but includes specimen from all over the world.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Jessica Tir
originator
position: Collections Manager
Charles R. Conner Museum, Washington State University
School of Biological Sciences, Box 644236
Pullman
99164-4236
Washington
US
email: jessica.tir@wsu.edu
homepage: https://sbs.wsu.edu/conner-museum/

Kelly Cassidy
originator
position: Curator (Retired)
Charles R. Conner Museum, Washington State University
School of Biological Sciences, Box 644236
Pullman
99164-4236
Washington
US

Jessica Tir
metadata author
position: Collections Manager
Charles R. Conner Museum, Washington State University
School of Biological Sciences, Box 644236
Pullman
99164-4236
Washington
US
email: jessica.tir@wsu.edu
homepage: https://sbs.wsu.edu/conner-museum/

David Bloom
programmer
position: Project Manager
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org

Jessica Tir
administrative point of contact
position: Collections Manager
Charles R. Conner Museum, Washington State University
School of Biological Sciences, Box 644236
Pullman
99164-4236
Washington
US
email: jessica.tir@wsu.edu
homepage: https://sbs.wsu.edu/conner-museum/