NHMD Mammalogy Collection ...

The mammal collection comprises approx 56,000 specimens, the oldest of which date back to 1649. Around 1,600 of the World’s 5,488 (estimated in April 2015) mammal species are represented. We have impressive series of most Danish and Greenlandic mammals, including terrestrial and marine carnivores (p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johansson, Daniel Klingenberg
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: Natural History Museum of Denmark 2024
Subjects:
Copenhagen
mammals
mammalogy
Denmark
zoology
Specimen
Occurrence
Arctic Fox
Beluga
Beluga*
Eurasian otter
Greenland
greenlandic
musk ox
narwhal*
Sperm whale
White-beaked dolphin
walrus*
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.15468/54a94n
https://www.gbif.org/dataset/78b270c5-a5fe-4f1d-b87e-eb0dd7b7ae02
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Summary:The mammal collection comprises approx 56,000 specimens, the oldest of which date back to 1649. Around 1,600 of the World’s 5,488 (estimated in April 2015) mammal species are represented. We have impressive series of most Danish and Greenlandic mammals, including terrestrial and marine carnivores (polar bear, Arctic fox, red fox, walrus, seals), rodents (red squirrels), mustelids (Eurasian otter, European badger, martin, polecat, marmot) bovids (musk ox), cervids (reindeer, red deer, roe deer) and bats. The geographic span of our material furthermore includes particularly rich collections from East Africa, Sudan, Southeast Asia, and Brazil (incl. the recent Lagoa Santa material collected by PW Lund in the mid-1880s). We have a large collection of whales from Greenland and Denmark, and large series of sperm whale, narwhal, beluga, harbor porpoise and white-beaked dolphin. Pattedyrsamlingen omfatter ca. 56.000 genstande, hvoraf den ældste dateres tilbage til 1649. Cirka 1.600 af verdens 5.488 (estimeret i ...

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