Cowan Tetrapod Collection - Mammals

Ildiko Szabo; Christopher Stinson

doi:10.15468/qgdpad

Cowan Tetrapod Collection - Mammals

Citation

Szabo I, Stinson C, Pitblado M (2024). Cowan Tetrapod Collection - Mammals. Version 5.2. University of British Columbia. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/qgdpad accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-07-11.

Description

The Cowan Tetrapod Collection mammal holdings holdings of 540 species in 95 families is comprised over 20,000 specimens. Global in scope, the collection is especially strong in specimens collected from Western Canada and southern Africa. The collection was founded by Dr. Ian McTaggart-Cowan and his father-in-law Kenneth Racey. The mammal collection is housed at the University of British Columbia Beaty Biodiversity Museum which contains approximately 2 million natural history specimens.

Additional info

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Taxonomic Coverages

24 out of 29 living orders; 62% of living mammalian families are represented.

Mammalia
common name: Mammals rank: class

Geographic Coverages

Global in scope with a particular emphasis on Western Canada and Southern Africa.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Ildiko Szabo
originator
position: Collections Curator of the UBC BBM Cowan Tetrapod Collection
Beaty Biodiversity Museum
2212 Main Mall
Vancouver
V6T 1Z4
BC
CA
email: ildiko.szabo@ubc.ca
homepage: https://beatymuseum.ubc.ca/research-2/collections/cowan-tetrapod-collection/

Christopher Stinson
originator
position: Lead Curatorial Assistant
Beaty Biodiversity Museum
2212 Main Mall
Vancouver
V6T 1Z4
British Columbia
CA
email: christopher.stinson@ubc.ca

Mark Pitblado
metadata author
position: Collections Curator, Biodiversity Informatics
Beaty Biodiversity Museum
2212 Main Mall
Vancouver
V6T 1Z4
British Columbia
CA
email: mark.pitblado@ubc.ca
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8786-5167

Carole Sinou
programmer
position: Canadensys manager
Université de Montréal
4101 rue Sherbrooke Est
Montréal
H1X 2B2
Québec
CA
email: carole.sinou@umontreal.ca
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6718-6669

Mark Pitblado
processor
position: Collections Curator, Biodiversity Informatics
Beaty Biodiversity Museum
2212 Main Mall
Vancouver
V6T 1Z4
British Columbia
CA
email: mark.pitblado@ubc.ca
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8786-5167

Jill Jankowski
administrative point of contact
position: Director of Cowan Tetrapod Collection
The University of British Columbia
Vancouver
British Columbia
CA
email: jankowsk@biodiversity.ubc.ca
homepage: https://biodiversity.ubc.ca/people/faculty/jill-jankowski

Ildiko Szabo
administrative point of contact
position: Collections Curator of the UBC BBM Cowan Tetrapod Collection
Beaty Biodiversity Museum
2212 Main Mall
Vancouver
V6T 1Z4
BC
CA
email: ildiko.szabo@ubc.ca
homepage: https://beatymuseum.ubc.ca/research-2/collections/cowan-tetrapod-collection/

Christopher Stinson
administrative point of contact
position: Lead Curatorial Assistant
Beaty Biodiversity Museum
2212 Main Mall
Vancouver
V6T 1Z4
British Columbia
CA
email: christopher.stinson@ubc.ca