Vertebrates of the Gothenburg Natural History Museum (GNM)
Citation
Bohm C, Jonsson C (2021). Vertebrates of the Gothenburg Natural History Museum (GNM). Version 4.3. Gothenburg Natural History Museum (GNM). Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/xmrfet accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-08-12.Description
This database contains specimens of vertebrates from the Gothenburg Natural History Museum, collected from the early 1800's to present. New specimens are added continuously. Most of the birds and mammals are preserved as skins, while most fishes, amphibians and reptiles are preserved in alcohol. There are however, both wet and dry preserved specimens of a wide array of taxa from the entire world. The collections also include eggs and skeletons. The collection contains in total slightly less than 63 000 specimens, of which about half are birds. Fishes, amphibians & reptiles, and mammals are represented by roughly 10 000 specimens each. The bone collection contains about 18 000 skeletons, and the egg collection approximately 10 000 broods of which more than 1000 includes egg from common cuckoo, Cuculus canorus.Taxonomic Coverages
Pisces, Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves and Mammalia.
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Avescommon name: Birds rank: class
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Piscescommon name: Fish rank: class
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Mammaliacommon name: Mammals rank: class
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Amphibiacommon name: Amphibians rank: class
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Reptiliacommon name: Reptiles rank: class
Geographic Coverages
The collection consists of specimens from the entire globe, but with main focus on the southwest region of Sweden.
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Christian Bohmoriginator
position: System administrator
Natural History Museum
Göteborg
SE
email: christian.bohm@vgregion.se
Charlotte Jonsson
metadata author
position: Administrator
Gothenburg Natural History Museum
Gothenburg
SE
email: charlotte.g.jonsson@vgregion.se
Charlotte Jonsson
administrative point of contact
position: Administrator
Gothenburg Natural History Museum
Gothenburg
SE
email: charlotte.g.jonsson@vgregion.se