Field Museum of Natural History (Zoology) Mammal Collection

Sharon Grant1, Kate Webbink1, Janeen Jones1, Adam Ferguson1

1 Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S Lake Shore Drive, 60605, Chicago, United States

Corresponding author(s): Sharon Grant (sgrant@fieldmuseum.org)Kate WebbinkJaneen Jones, Adam Ferguson (mammals@fieldmuseum.org)

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Abstract

The mammal collections at The Field Museum were founded in 1893, in the wake of the World Columbian Exposition in Chicago, and have grown into one of the world's premier resources for the study of mammalian evolution. Over its history the collection has had the names Field Columbian Museum, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago Natural History Museum, and again Field Museum of Natural History.  Collections of Recent mammals number more than 236,000 specimens and 550 primary types.  Each category ranks it among the largest mammal collections in the world. Although the collections are unique, encyclopedic, and worldwide in scope, those from the Philippines, Peru, Chile, Madagascar, Tanzania, Egypt, and Iran are among the world's very best.

Keywords: Occurrence, Specimen

General description

Additional information: https://www.fieldmuseum.org/field-museum-natural-history-conditions-and-suggested-norms-use-collections-data-and-images

Data published through GBIF: https://fmipt.fieldmuseum.org/ipt/resource?r=fmnh_mammals

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Global
Coordinates: 90°0'0''S and 90°0'0''N Latitude; 180°0'0''W and 180°0'0''E Longitude 

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Field Museum of Natural History (Zoology) Mammal Collection
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Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://fmipt.fieldmuseum.org/ipt/archive.do?r=fmnh_mammals
Publication date of data: 2020-12-02
Language: English
Licences of use: Public Domain (CC0 1.0)

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2012-07-06
Hierarchy level: Dataset