MVZ Mammal Collection (Arctos)

Chris Conroy

doi:10.15468/uwudf9

MVZ Mammal Collection (Arctos)

Citation

Conroy C (2024). MVZ Mammal Collection (Arctos). Version 35.87. Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/uwudf9 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-07-11.

Description

The MVZ mammal collection is the fourth largest in the United States and the second largest such collection associated with a U.S. academic institution. It contains over 228,000 skin, skull, skeleton and fluid-preserved specimens. Over 33,700 are also represented by frozen or fluid preserved tissues. The collection includes 364 type specimens, making it the fourth largest collection of such specimens in the US. Karyotype (chromosome) preparations are available for ca. 4,000 rodent specimens. These consist of slides of chromosome preparations and, in some cases, black and white photos and/or 35 mm negatives of chromosome spreads. The mammal collection also houses large series of lab-raised specimens from research by Francis B. Sumner, Richard D. Sage, and William Z. Lidicker.

Additional info

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

Taxonomic Coverages

The MVZ mammal collection is taxonomically synoptic. It includes representatives of 25 of the 26 currently recognized orders of mammals, nearly 60% of mammalian families, and more than 50% of mammalian genera. Rodents and bats are especially well-represented, with large series of individuals for multiple taxa.

Mammalia
rank: class

Geographic Coverages

The MVZ mammal collection is global, with an emphasis on western North America and specifically the continental US, Alaska, western Canada, and northwestern Mexico. Also present are large and significant collections from Central America, South America, Southeast Asia, and Australasia.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Chris Conroy
originator
position: Staff Curator of Mammals
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley
3101 Valley Life Science Building
Berkeley
94720-3160
CA
US
Telephone: (510) 643-7709
email: ondatra@berkeley.edu
homepage: http://mvz.berkeley.edu

Chris Conroy
metadata author
position: Staff Curator of Mammals
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley
3101 Valley Life Science Building
Berkeley
94720-3160
CA
US
Telephone: (510) 643-7709
email: ondatra@berkeley.edu
homepage: http://mvz.berkeley.edu

Laura Russell
programmer
position: VertNet Programmer
VertNet
email: larussell@vertnet.org

David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Coordinator
email: dbloom@vertnet.org

John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley
email: tuco@berkeley.edu

Dusty McDonald
point of contact
position: Arctos Database Programmer
University of Alaska Museum
email: dlmcdonald@alaska.edu
homepage: http://arctos.database.museum

Eileen Lacey
point of contact
position: Faculty Curator of Mammals
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley
3101 Valley Life Sciences Building
Berkeley
94720-3160
CA
US
Telephone: (510) 643-0284
email: ealacey@berkeley.edu
homepage: http://mvz.berkeley.edu

James Patton
point of contact
position: Faculty Curator of Mammals
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley
3101 Valley Life Sciences Building
Berkeley
94720-3160
CA
US
Telephone: (510) 643-7712
email: patton@berkeley.edu
homepage: http://mvz.berkeley.edu

Chris Conroy
administrative point of contact
position: Staff Curator of Mammals
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley
3101 Valley Life Science Building
Berkeley
94720-3160
CA
US
Telephone: (510) 643-7709
email: ondatra@berkeley.edu
homepage: http://mvz.berkeley.edu