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Illinois Natural History Survey - Mammal Collection (INHS-MAMMALS)

The Illinois Natural History Survey Mammal Collection contains over 30,000 lots of specimens, from over 39,000 individuals, with over 58,000 preparations. Specimens are from over 170 species from 35 families, and preparations include skins, skulls, skeletons, frozen tissue, hair, fluid, and photos. These specimens are primarily used for research and as comparative material to identify specimens brought to the Survey. Most of the specimens are from Illinois and surrounding Midwestern states.

Curator: Max Allen, maxallen@illinois.edu
Homepage: http://www.inhs.illinois.edu/collections/mammals
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 22 October 2024
DwC-Archive Access Point: https://biocoll.inhs.illinois.edu/portal/content/dwca/INHS-MAMMALS_DwC-A.zip
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial)
GBIF Dataset page: http://www.gbif.org/dataset/7eb571aa-9fb2-4f1a-a2aa-558a3cf40e9c
Cite this collection:
Illinois Natural History Survey - Mammal Collection. Occurrence dataset (ID: 287d85a4-2679-4792-b772-53cc32d2d194) https://biocoll.inhs.illinois.edu/portal/content/dwca/INHS-MAMMALS_DwC-A.zip accessed via the INHS Collections Data Portal, biocoll.inhs.illinois.edu/portal, 2024-11-21).
Collection Statistics
  • 35,139 specimen records
  • 477 (1%) georeferenced
  • 2 (0.01%) with images (2 total images)
  • 28,009 (80%) identified to species
  • 35 families
  • 109 genera
  • 172 species
  • 345 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
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Geographic Distribution - Norway
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