USAC Mammals Collection
Citation
Pérez Consuegra S G (2016). USAC Mammals Collection. Version 8.1. Museo de Historia Natural de la USAC MUSHNAT. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/16fwgc accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-14.Description
The Mammals Collection of the Museum of Natural History was founded in 1989 and is represented by mammals of many parts of Guatemala. The database of this collection contains 4, 443 records corresponding to 27 families 94 genera and 150 species. The best represented orders are Rodentia, Chiroptera and Artiodactyla. The collection includes specimens prepared in different ways: skin and skull, skin and skeleton, only skin, only skull, bone remainders and fluid preserved individuals.Purpose
Academic
Additional info
http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.htmlTaxonomic Coverages
Mammals, principally Rodentia, Chiroptera and Soricomorpha.
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Cingulatarank: order
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Didelphimorphiarank: order
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Pilosarank: order
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Primatesrank: order
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Lagomorpharank: order
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Soricomorpharank: order
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Chiropterarank: order
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Carnivorarank: order
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Perissodactylarank: order
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Artiodactylarank: order
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Rodentiarank: order
Geographic Coverages
There are representatives of the 22 departments (departamentos)of Guatemala. Baja Verapaz is the one with the majority of mammal records, followed by Petén and Chiquimula
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Sergio Guillermo Pérez Consuegraoriginator
position: Coordinador de Colecciones Zoológicas
Museo de Historia Natural de la USAC MUSHNAT
Calle Mariscal Cruz 1-56 zona 10
Guatemala City
01010
GT
Telephone: (502) 23346064/65
email: peromyscussergioperezconsuegra@gmail.com
Sergio Guillermo Pérez Consuegra
metadata author
position: Coordinador de Colecciones Zoológicas
Museo de Historia Natural de la USAC MUSHNAT
Calle Mariscal Cruz 1-56 zona 10
Guatemala City
01010
GT
Telephone: (502) 23346064/65
email: peromyscussergioperezconsuegra@gmail.com
David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Programmer
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org
David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Coordinator
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org
John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley
email: tuco@berkeley.edu
Sergio Guillermo Pérez Consuegra
administrative point of contact
position: Coordinador de Colecciones Zoológicas
Museo de Historia Natural de la USAC MUSHNAT
Calle Mariscal Cruz 1-56 zona 10
Guatemala City
01010
GT
Telephone: (502) 23346064/65
email: peromyscussergioperezconsuegra@gmail.com