University of Montana Zoological Museum (UMZM) Mammal Specimens (Arctos)

Occurrence
Latest version published by Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum on Oct 30, 2024 Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum

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Description

The Mammal collection at UMZM consists of nearly 16,000 mammal specimens, including skins, skeletons, and frozen tissues. The majority of material was collected from 1900 to the present and represents Northern Rocky Mountain biodiversity. However, there are also several special collections including small mammals from China, Peru, and the former USSR.

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 16,409 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)
16409
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How to cite

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University of Montana Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum Mammal Specimens

Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 1e4180fe-8864-4c82-afaf-ad8a82cd76db.  Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF-US.

Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen; Occurrence; Specimen

Contacts

Angela Hornsby
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
  • Curator
University of Montana Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum
  • DBS Health Sciences 104, University of Montana, 32 Campus Drive
59812 Missoula
Montana
US
  • 1-406-243-4743
David Bloom
  • Programmer
  • VertNet Coordinator
John Wieczorek
  • Programmer
  • Information Architect

Geographic Coverage

Primarily Montana and the US northern Rocky Mountain region

Bounding Coordinates South West [41, -121], North East [54, -103]

Taxonomic Coverage

Mammals primarily from Montana and the US northern Rocky Mountain region

Class Mammalia

Temporal Coverage

Living Time Period 1900 - present, with a few older specimens

Collection Data

Collection Name University of Montana Zoological Museum (UMZM) Mammal specimens
Collection Identifier https://arctos.database.museum/collection/UMZM:Mamm
Parent Collection Identifier UMZM

Additional Metadata

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

Purpose

The Mammal collection is used primarily for research, but also for teaching and outreach as relevant.

Alternative Identifiers 1e4180fe-8864-4c82-afaf-ad8a82cd76db
https://ipt.vertnet.org/resource?r=umzm_mamm