Occurrence

MCNH Museum of Cultural and Natural History Mammals Collection

Latest version published by Museum of Cultural and Natural History - Central Michigan University on 20 July 2017 Museum of Cultural and Natural History - Central Michigan University
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 mammal collection includes nearly all currently recognized species from Michigan, as well as complimentary species from throughout the United Sta... More

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 mammal collection includes nearly all currently recognized species from Michigan, as well as complimentary species from throughout the United States. Most specimens are prepared as study skins, but there are several taxidermied mounts and skeletons 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 1,335 records.

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Versions

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How to cite

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Museum of Cultural and Natural History Mammals Collection (MCNH)

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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: 91b322c7-1007-448d-be03-6db86cf3d869.  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

Contacts

Who created the resource:

Kirsten E. Nicholson
Curator of Natural History
Museum of Cultural and Natural History
103 Rowe Hall, Central Michigan University
48859 Mount Pleasant
Michigan
US
+01 989-774-3176

Who can answer questions about the resource:

Kirsten E. Nicholson
Curator of Natural History
Museum of Cultural and Natural History
103 Rowe Hall, Central Michigan University
48859 Mount Pleasant
Michigan
US
+01 989-774-3176

Who filled in the metadata:

Kirsten E. Nicholson
Curator of Natural History
Museum of Cultural and Natural History
103 Rowe Hall, Central Michigan University
48859 Mount Pleasant
Michigan
US
+01 989-774-3176

Who else was associated with the resource:

Programmer
Joanna McCaffrey
Biodiversity Informatics Manager

Geographic Coverage

The collection consists primarily of Michigan specimens.

Bounding Coordinates South West [41.47, -89.98], North East [47.73, -82.29]

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Order  Rodentia, Lagomorpha, Carnivora, Artiodactyla, Didelphimorpha, Eulipotyphla and Chiroptera

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 91b322c7-1007-448d-be03-6db86cf3d869
http://ipt.idigbio.org/resource?r=mcnh-mamm