Description
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science Mammal Collection currently consists of approximately 21,000 specimens, which includes 20,000+ cataloged specimens. The collection spans 1870 to the present, is worldwide in coverage, and includes specimens from the three major extant mammalian lineages (monotremes, marsupials, and placentals) distributed across 21 orders, 266 genera, and 381 species. The collection’s primary strength is its focus on the southern Rocky Mountains and Great Plains. Approximately 82% of the collection is from the western United States, with specimens from Colorado (73%) representing the largest percentage. Small mammals, such as shrews, rodents, lagomorphs, and bats, constitute the majority (84%) of specimens in the collection. The composition of the collection is primarily study skins and skeletal material, with a growing wet collection. High-quality specimen data, frozen tissues, and parasites are associated with most of the specimens archived since 2006.
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 18,237 records.
5 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)
- Permit
- MaterialSample
- Preparation
- ResourceRelationship
- Amplification
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.
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How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Denver Museum of Nature & Science Herp Collection
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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Denver Museum of Nature & Science. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License.
GBIF Registration
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Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen; Specimen
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Geographic Coverage
Worldwide with focus on Rocky Mountains and Great Plains regions.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Mammals
| Class | Mammals (mammals) |
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Temporal Coverage
| Living Time Period | 1870-present |
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Collection Data
| Collection Name | Denver Museum of Nature and Science (DMNS) Mammal specimens |
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| Collection Identifier | DMNS:Mamm |
| Parent Collection Identifier | DMNS |
Additional Metadata
| Purpose | Natural History Research and Education |
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| Alternative Identifiers | http://ipt.vertnet.org:8080/ipt/resource?r=dmns_mamm_ggbn |