Cowan Tetrapod Collection - Mammals

Ildiko Szabo

doi:10.15468/qgdpad

Cowan Tetrapod Collection - Mammals

Citation

Szabo I (2016). Cowan Tetrapod Collection - Mammals. Version 5.1. University of British Columbia. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/qgdpad accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-01-26.

Description

The Cowan Tetrapod Collection mammal holdings holdings of 540 species in 95 families is comprised over 20,000 specimens. Global in scope, the collection is especially strong in specimens collected from Western Canada and southern Africa. The collection was founded by Dr. Ian McTaggart-Cowan and his father-in-law Kenneth Racey. The mammal collection is housed at the University of British Columbia Beaty Biodiversity Museum which contains approximately 2 million natural history specimens.

Additional info

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

Taxonomic Coverages

24 out of 29 living orders; 62% of living mammalian families are represented.

Mammalia
common name: Mammals rank: class

Geographic Coverages

Global in scope with a particular emphasis on Western Canada and Southern Africa.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Ildiko Szabo
originator
position: Assistant Curator
University of British Columbia Beaty Biodiversity Museum
2212 Main Mall
Vancouver
V6T 1Z4
BC
CA
email: ildiko@zoology.ubc.ca
homepage: http://beatymuseum.ubc.ca/collections/vertebrate

Ildiko Szabo
metadata author
position: Assistant Curator
University of British Columbia Beaty Biodiversity Museum
2212 Main Mall
Vancouver
V6T 1Z4
BC
CA
email: ildiko@zoology.ubc.ca
homepage: http://beatymuseum.ubc.ca/collections/vertebrate

David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Programmer
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org

David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Coordinator
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org

John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at Berkeley
email: tuco@berkeley.edu

Ildiko Szabo
administrative point of contact
position: Assistant Curator
University of British Columbia Beaty Biodiversity Museum
2212 Main Mall
Vancouver
V6T 1Z4
BC
CA
email: ildiko@zoology.ubc.ca
homepage: http://beatymuseum.ubc.ca/collections/vertebrate