OCCURRENCE

WNMU Mammal Collection (Arctos)

Latest version published by Western New Mexico University on 29 February 2024 Western New Mexico University
Western New Mexico University houses a regional collection of mammal specimens (about 7000 specimens) focused on the biodiversity of southwestern New Mexico, with additional representatives of African and South American mammal faunas. This collection is part of the Gila Center for Natural History within the Department of Natural Sciences. The collection has grown slowly with incorporation of new specimens.
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Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 6,889 records.

1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

  • Occurrence (core)
    6889
  • Multimedia 
    0

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Downloads

Download the latest version of this resource data as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A) or the resource metadata as EML or RTF:

Data as a DwC-A file download 6,889 records in English (2 MB) - Update frequency: unknown
Metadata as an EML file download in English (8 kB)
Metadata as an RTF file download in English (6 kB)

Versions

The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.

How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Western New Mexico University Mammal Collection

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is Western New Mexico University. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 8855595b-a836-4557-b17b-794aadda747a.  Western New Mexico University publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by U.S. Geological Survey.

Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen; Occurrence

Contacts

Who created the resource:

Randy Jennings
Professor
Western New Mexico University
Department of Natural Sciences
88061 Silver City
NM
US
(575) 538-6519
http://www.wnmu.edu/academic/nspages/faculty/jenningsr.shtml#res

Who can answer questions about the resource:

Randy Jennings
Professor
Western New Mexico University
Department of Natural Sciences
88061 Silver City
NM
US
(575) 538-6519
http://www.wnmu.edu/academic/nspages/faculty/jenningsr.shtml#res

Who filled in the metadata:

Randy Jennings
Professor
Western New Mexico University
Department of Natural Sciences
88061 Silver City
NM
US
(575) 538-6519
http://www.wnmu.edu/academic/nspages/faculty/jenningsr.shtml#res

Who else was associated with the resource:

Programmer
Laura Russell
VertNet Programmer
Programmer
David Bloom
VertNet Coordinator
Programmer
John Wieczorek
Information Architect
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley
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Point Of Contact
Dusty McDonald
Arctos Database Programmer
University of Alaska Museum
http://arctos.database.museum

Geographic Coverage

The Western New Mexico University mammal collection has global holdings, but coverage is focused on New Mexico.

Bounding Coordinates South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180]

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Class  Mammalia

Temporal Coverage

Living Time Period 1892-present

Additional Metadata

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

Alternative Identifiers 8855595b-a836-4557-b17b-794aadda747a
http://ipt.vertnet.org:8080/ipt/resource?r=wnmu_mamm