HSU Vertebrate Museum Mammals Collection

John Reiss

doi:10.15468/p7bz9e

HSU Vertebrate Museum Mammals Collection

Citation

Reiss J (2017). HSU Vertebrate Museum Mammals Collection. Version 2.3. Humboldt State University. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/p7bz9e accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-01-26.

Description

The Vertebrate Museum’s mammal collection contains approximately 8,750 specimens, including skins and skeletal material from a variety of terrestrial, aquatic, marine and volant mammals. The research collection is currently the second largest of its kind in the California State University System at over 8,000 specimens. The collection dates back to 1923 and is particularly strong in marine mammals of the Pacific Ocean and terrestrial mammals from northern California and the Great Basin. It is fully accredited by the American Society of Mammalogists. We also have an outstanding teaching collection of over 800 specimens, with exceptional coverage of the Orders and Families of living mammals.

Additional info

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

Taxonomic Coverages

Mammalia
rank: class

Geographic Coverages

The collection is particularly strong in marine mammals of the Pacific Ocean and terrestrial mammals from northern California and the Great Basin.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

John Reiss
originator
position: Curator
Humboldt State University, Department of Biological Sciences, Vertebrate Museum
1 Harpst Street
Arcata
95521
CA
US
Telephone: 707-826-4156
email: john.reiss@humboldt.edu
homepage: http://www.humboldt.edu/vmuseum

John Reiss
metadata author
position: Curator
Humboldt State University, Department of Biological Sciences, Vertebrate Museum
1 Harpst Street
Arcata
95521
CA
US
Telephone: 707-826-4156
email: john.reiss@humboldt.edu
homepage: http://www.humboldt.edu/vmuseum

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

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

John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at Berkeley
email: tuco@berkeley.edu
homepage: http://vertnet.org/

Thor Holmes
administrative point of contact
position: Collections Manager
Humboldt State University, Department of Biological Sciences, Vertebrate Museum
1 Harpst Street
Arcata
95521
CA
US
Telephone: 707-826-4872
email: thorvald.holmes@humboldt.edu
homepage: http://www.humboldt.edu/vmuseum