T. L. Hankinson Vertebrate Museum (EMU) Mammal Collection

Allen Kurta

doi:10.15468/dqtfhy

T. L. Hankinson Vertebrate Museum (EMU) Mammal Collection

Citation

Kurta A (2018). T. L. Hankinson Vertebrate Museum (EMU) Mammal Collection. T. L. Hankinson Vertebrate Museum, Eastern Michigan University. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/dqtfhy accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-13.

Description

The museum is named after Thomas Leroy Hankinson (1876–1935). Mr. Hankinson received a B. S. from Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) in 1898 and another B.S. from Cornell University in 1900. He was a professor of zoology and physiology at Eastern Illinois State Normal College (now Eastern Illinois University), from 1902 to 1919; an ichthyologist for the Roosevelt Wildlife Experimental Station in New York, from 1919 to 1921; and a professor of zoology at Michigan State Normal College (now Eastern Michigan University), from 1921 until his death in 1935. Mr. Hankinson was a keen naturalist and an avid collector, with an emphasis on fish. The T. L. Hankinson Vertebrate Museum houses collections of fish (more than 5,000 specimens), amphibians (200), reptiles (275), birds (1,100) and mammals (1,300 specimens). Most specimens are from Michigan and the surrounding Great Lakes area, although other states, countries, and continents are represented. The museum provides research facilities to the university and broader scientific community, as well as educational support for local schools.

Additional info

http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html

Taxonomic Coverages

Mammalia
rank: class

Geographic Coverages

Global coverage with emphasis in Michigan and the Great Lakes Region.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Allen Kurta
originator
position: Curator
T. L. Hankinson Vertebrate Museum, Eastern Michigan University
Biology Department, 441 Mark Jefferson Science Complex
Ypsilanti
48197
Michigan
US
Telephone: 734-487-1174
email: akurta@emich.edu
homepage: http://www.emich.edu/biology/faculty/kutra.php

Allen Kurta
metadata author
position: Curator
T. L. Hankinson Vertebrate Museum, Eastern Michigan University
Biology Department, 441 Mark Jefferson Science Complex
Ypsilanti
48197
Michigan
US
Telephone: 734-487-1174
email: akurta@emich.edu
homepage: http://www.emich.edu/biology/faculty/kutra.php

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

John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
VertNet
email: tuco@berkeley.edu
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org

Allen Kurta
administrative point of contact
position: Curator
T. L. Hankinson Vertebrate Museum, Eastern Michigan University
Biology Department, 441 Mark Jefferson Science Complex
Ypsilanti
48197
Michigan
US
Telephone: 734-487-1174
email: akurta@emich.edu
homepage: http://www.emich.edu/biology/faculty/kutra.php