Description
The Natural History collections at Central Michigan University’s Museum of Cultural and Natural History consist of a wide range of representative species typically found in the Great Lakes region. The collection consists predominantly of Michigan vertebrates, with smaller invertebrate collections representation, amassed over the last 50 years. The vertebrate component consists of representative mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, and fish, while the majority of the invertebrate collections are insects. These collections support the educational and research efforts of CMU students and faculty members, as well as any interested researchers. The reptile collection includes all currently recognized species from Michigan, as well as complimentary species from throughout the United States, with exemplars from Central America and the Caribbean Islands and a few additional international locations. Most specimens are stored in ethanol, but there are several dried specimens (e.g., turtle shells) and skeletal preps available for examination.
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 1,785 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
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How to cite
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Museum of Cultural and Natural History Reptile Collection (MCNH)
Rights
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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Museum of Cultural and Natural History - Central Michigan University. 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.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 4ec02cdc-1266-473e-8609-dc280706ca7b. Museum of Cultural and Natural History - Central Michigan University publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by U.S. Geological Survey.
Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen
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Geographic Coverage
The collection consists primarily of Michigan specimens.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [41.47, -89.98], North East [47.73, -82.29] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
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| Class | Reptilia (Reptiles) |
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| Order | Squamata, Testudines, Rhynchocephalia, Crocodilia |
Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | 4ec02cdc-1266-473e-8609-dc280706ca7b |
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| http://ipt.idigbio.org/resource?r=mcnh-reptile |