Abilene Christian University Mammal Specimens (Arctos)

Occurrence
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Description

The ACUNHC Mammal Collection is comprised of roughly 2,500 specimens and 1,500 tissue samples. The collection was established in 1994 and contains specimens from all continents except Europe and Antarctica. Half of our specimens are from Texas with significant holdings from Ecuador (693), Michigan (152), Arizona (108), and New Mexico (82). It boasts one of the largest holdings of Ecuadorian mammals in the United States.

Data Records

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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)
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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Abilene Christian University Mammalogy Collection. Individual catalog records should be cited as https://arctos.database.museum/guid/ACUNHC:Mamm: followed by the integer catalog number.

Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Abilene Christian University Natural History Collection. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: fd04ce0d-ef72-469e-8eba-dea7f5644082.  Abilene Christian University Natural History Collection publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF-US.

Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen; Occurrence

Contacts

Thomas Lee
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
Professor
Department of Biology, Abilene Christian University
US
Rebecca Hunter
  • Point Of Contact
Associate Professor
Abilene Christian University Natural History Collection
Department of Biology, ACU Box 27868, Abilene Christian University
79699 Abilene
TX
US
325-674-2182
David Bloom
  • Programmer
VertNet Coordinator
John Wieczorek
  • Programmer
Information Architect

Geographic Coverage

Global

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

Taxonomic Coverage

Mammals

Class Mammalia

Temporal Coverage

Living Time Period 1936-present

Collection Data

Collection Name Abilene Christian University Mammal specimens
Collection Identifier https://arctos.database.museum/collection/ACUNHC:Mamm
Parent Collection Identifier ACUNHC
Specimen preservation methods Other,  Alcohol,  Dried and pressed

Additional Metadata

Arctos Data Ownership and Use: http://arctosdb.org/home/data/; http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html

Purpose Education and research.
Alternative Identifiers https://csvcoll.org/portal/collections/misc/collprofiles.php?collid=1029
fd04ce0d-ef72-469e-8eba-dea7f5644082
https://ipt.vertnet.org/resource?r=acunhc_mamm