DMNS Mammal Collection (Arctos)

Occurrence
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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

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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)
22875
Multimedia 
2140

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Denver Museum of Nature & Science Mammal Collection

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GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 5f3463d2-51b6-4a8a-b252-9bab4388934e.  Denver Museum of Nature & Science publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF-US.

Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen; Occurrence

Contacts

John Demboski
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
  • Curator of Vertebrate Zoology
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
  • 2001 Colorado Blvd.
80205-5798 Denver
CO
US
  • +01 303-370-6443
Andrew Doll
  • Point Of Contact
  • Zoology Collections Manager
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
  • 2001 Colorado Blvd.
80205-5798 Denver
CO
US
  • 303-370-8387
David Bloom
  • Programmer
  • VertNet Coordinator
John Wieczorek
  • Programmer
  • Information Architect
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley
Dusty McDonald
  • Point Of Contact
  • Arctos Database Programmer
University of Alaska Museum

Geographic Coverage

The DMNS mammal collection is global, with the largest holdings from the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains region.

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

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Class Mammalia

Temporal Coverage

Living Time Period 1850-present

Additional Metadata

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

Purpose

Natural History Research and Education

Alternative Identifiers 5f3463d2-51b6-4a8a-b252-9bab4388934e
https://ipt.vertnet.org/resource?r=dmns_mamm