Description
With more than 10,000 specimens representing 16 orders and 76 families, the Mammalogy Collection's taxonomic and geographic scope spans the planet, with strong representation from Northwestern Canada. The collection consists primarily of skins and skulls, with additional skeletal and fluid-preserved specimens. There are many rare and historically important specimens. The collection is used for teaching and research.
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 10,601 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.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
University of Alberta Museums, Becker-Burns A, Mallalieu K (2025). University of Alberta Museum of Zoology Mammalogy Collection (UAMZ). Version 2.107. University of Alberta Museums. Occurrence dataset. https://doi.org/10.18165/brxhjf
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is University of Alberta Museums. 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: 88d5d94e-f762-11e1-a439-00145eb45e9a. University of Alberta Museums publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Canada Biodiversity Information Facility.
Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen; Occurrence
Contacts
- Originator
- Rutherford South 3-20, 11204-89 Avenue NW
- 780-492-5834
- Custodian Steward
- Assistant Director Collections Management
- Rutherford South 3-20, 11204-89 Avenue NW
- 780-492-3871
- Metadata Provider ●
- Custodian Steward
- Collections Management Advisor
- Rutherford South 3-20, 11204-89 Avenue NW
- 780-492-6271
- Curator ●
- Point Of Contact
- Curator
- CW 405, Biological Sciences Bldg., University of Alberta
- 780-492-5570
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1104-7774
- Custodian Steward
- Assistant Director Collection Management
- Rutherford South 3-20, 11204-89 Avenue NW
- 780-492-3871
Geographic Coverage
Global, North America, Canada, Alberta, Northwest Territories
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
The following taxonomic groups make up >10% of the collection: Mammalia, Rodentia, Soricomorpha, Cricetidae, Muridae, Soricidae, Sciuridae, Sorex, Peromyscus, Microtus, Clethrionomys
| Class | Mammalia (Mammals) |
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| Order | Rodentia (Rodents), Soricomorpha |
| Family | Cricetidae, Muridae (Mice, Rats), Soricidae (Shrews), Sciuridae (Chipmunks, Marmots, Squirrels) |
| Genus | Sorex (Red-Toothed Shrews), Peromyscus (Deer-Mice, White-Footed Mice), Microtus (Meadow Mice/Voles), Clethrionomys (Red-Backed Voles) |
Temporal Coverage
| Formation Period | 1905-current |
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Collection Data
| Collection Name | University of Alberta Museum of Zoology Mammalogy Collection |
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| Collection Identifier | UAMZ |
| Parent Collection Identifier | UAM |
| Specimen preservation methods | Alcohol, Dried, Refrigerated, Mounted, Other |
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Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | doi:10.18165/brxhjf |
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| 88d5d94e-f762-11e1-a439-00145eb45e9a | |
| https://ipt.museums.ualberta.ca/ipt/resource?r=uamz_mammalogy |