University of Western Ontario

Description

The University of Western Ontario (UWO) is a public research university in London, Ontario, Canada. The university was founded on 7 March 1878 by Bishop Isaac Hellmuth and is a co-educational university, with more than 24,000 students. The university is home to two biological collections: - the Dr. Laurie L. Consaul Herbarium (UWO) which comprises over 42,000 specimens of vascular plants, with best representation of the plants of southwestern Ontario, and sparse coverage of the remainder of Canada, the United States and other parts of the world. In addition there are several thousand specimens of Crataegus (Rosaceae) from all parts of North America including Mexico as well as small bryophyte, fungi and lichen collections. - the zoological collections containing thousands of animal specimens of many major taxa including Arthropoda (representing nearly all of the insect orders, with an emphasis on Lepidoptera; Arachnida; Crustacea), Mollusca (shells of mostly marine species, some freshwater and terrestrial), Echinodermata, and Vertebrata (e.g., whole, mounted skeletons of various taxa; parts of skeletons, e.g. skulls; taxidermy of Aves, Mammalia).

Contacts

ADMINISTRATIVE_POINT_OF_CONTACT
Dr. R. Greg Thorn
Telephone: (519) 661-2111 x 88647
email: rgthorn@uwo.ca

POINT_OF_CONTACT
Kris Mendola
email: kmendola@uwo.ca

University of Western Ontario
Biological and Geological Sciences Building,1151 Richmond St.
London
N6A3K7
Ontario
CA
email: nzitani@uwo.ca
email: rgthorn@uwo.ca