University of Wisconsin Zoological Museum Mammal Specimens (Arctos)

Occurrence Specimen
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October 2, 2025
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Description

The mammal collection has a strong regional focus, particularly for Wisconsin mammals, though specimens from other states are broadly represented. Many of these specimens are from the period of the first state and national biological surveys. There are also significant collections present from South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Many mammal skeletons are housed in the UWZM’s osteology collection.

Data Records

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Occurrence (core)
9199
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GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 5d10272e-8999-44b5-a194-3c98e9c87b4e.  University of Wisconsin - Madison publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF-US.

Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen; Occurrence; Specimen

Contacts

Emily Halverson
  • Point Of Contact
  • Collections Manager
University of Wisconsin Zoological Museum
Madison
Wisconsin
US
Emily Halverson
  • Point Of Contact
  • Collections Manager
University of Wisconsin Zoological Museum
Madison
Wisconsin
US
David Bloom
  • Programmer
VertNet

Geographic Coverage

Primarily Wisconsin, but also with significant collections from the western United States, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Papua New Guinea, and South America.

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

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Kingdom Animalia; Animalia, Animalia
Phylum Chordata, Chordata; Chordata
Class Mammalia; Mammalia, Mammalia
Order Tubulidentata, Artiodactyla, Proboscidea, Pholidota, Perissodactyla, Lagomorpha; Lagomorpha, Chiroptera, Lagomorpha, Eulipotyphla, Scandentia, Primates, Monotremata, Sirenia, Macroscelidea, Carnivora, Cetacea, Soricomorpha, Afrosoricida, Perissodactyla; Perissodactyla, Didelphimorphia, Dasyuromorphia, Peramelemorphia, Carnivora; Carnivora, Paucituberculata, Pilosa, Erinaceomorpha, Hyracoidea, Dermoptera, Diprotodontia, Cingulata, Rodentia, Microbiotheria

Temporal Coverage

Living Time Period 1850s to the present; active collection.

Collection Data

Collection Name University of Wisconsin Zoological Museum Mammal specimens
Collection Identifier https://arctos.database.museum/collection/UWZM:Mamm
Parent Collection Identifier UWZM
Specimen preservation methods

Additional Metadata

Arctos Data Ownership and Use: http://arctosdb.org/home/data/; VertNet Norms: https://www.vertnet.org/resources/norms

Purpose
Alternative Identifiers https://ipt.vertnet.org/resource?r=uwzm_mamm