4837d6b0-19fe-4fe4-9ddf-b62dd17a060e https://ipt.vertnet.org/resource?r=chas_mammals Dawn Roberts The Chicago Academy of Sciences Director of Collections

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+01 773-755-5124 jweller@naturemuseum.org http://www.naturemuseum.org pointOfContact David Bloom VertNet Coordinator dbloom@vertnet.org http://www.vertnet.org programmer 2026-04-08 eng The Chicago Academy of Sciences’ mammalogy collection contains mostly small mammals native to the Midwest, as well as some Appalachian species. Specimens are primarily prepared as skins, with some additional osteological and display mount items. Many specimens are associated with collectors or Academy expeditions that have manuscript and /or audio-visual archival material, which can be provided to researchers upon request. Notable collectors include Robert Kennicott, Roy and Edwin Komarek, Alfred M. Bailey, Charles D. Brower, Stephen S. Gregory. Occurrence GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml Specimen GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml Occurrence GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type_2015-07-10.xml http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html Rooted in Chicago, Illinois, the Chicago Academy of Sciences was founded in 1857 and was the first science museum in Chicago. Through its Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, the Academy connects its community to local environments and inspires life-long relationships with urban nature. The museum collections and archives contain natural history collections in the disciplines of botany, entomology, geology, herpetology, malacology, mammalogy, oology, ornithology, and paleontology, as well as cultural collections, audio visual collections, and archives. These materials range from the 1830s to the present and are predominantly from North America with a focus in the Midwest/Western Great Lakes region. 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. Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal https://spdx.org/licenses/CC0-1.0.html CC0-1.0 http://www.naturemuseum.org/the-museum/collections/vertebrates https://ipt.vertnet.org/archive.do?r=chas_mammals Primarily United States: Midwest, Southwest, Appalachia. Some specimens from Canada and South America. -180 180 90 -90 1853 2015 Type specimens: Geomys bursarius illinoensis, Microtus chrotorrhinus, Thomomys bottae; Paratype specimens: Thomomys bottae operosus; Topotype specimens: Canis rufus, Geomys attwateri, Microtus californicus, Myotis sodalis, Neotoma mexicana, Perognathus longimembris, Reithrodontomys megalotis, Tamias speciosus class Mammalia unkown Dawn Roberts The Chicago Academy of Sciences Director of Collections

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+01 773-755-5125 droberts@naturemuseum.org http://www.naturemuseum.org 2015-04-06T04:54:01.051+00:00 dataset Chicago Academy of Sciences Mammalogy Collection (CHAS) http://ipt.vertnet.org:8080/ipt/logo.do?r=chas_verts 4837d6b0-19fe-4fe4-9ddf-b62dd17a060e/v13.1.xml