Author: Renoir Auguste
Keywords: Occurrence, Mammals, Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Brazil, Specimen

CAREC Mammals

Renoir Auguste^1, Mike Rutherford^1

1 The University of the West Indies, Dept. of Life Sciences, St. Augustine, Trinidad And Tobago

Corresponding author(s): Renoir Auguste (UWIZoologyMuseum@sta.uwi.edu)

Received {date}; Revised {date}; Accepted {date}; Published {date}

Citation: Combination of authors, year of data paper publication (in parentheses), Title, Journal Name, Volume, Issue number (in parentheses), and doi of the data paper.

Resource Citation

Rutherford MG and Auguste RJ (2018): CAREC Mammals. v1.3. The University of the West Indies Zoology Museum (UWIZM). Dataset/Occurrence. https://cloud.gbif.org/bid/resource?r=carecmammals&amp;v=1.3

Abstract

This dataset contains records from some of the CAREC (now CARPHA - Caribbean Public Health Agency) mammal collections.

Keywords: Occurrence, Mammals, Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Brazil, Specimen

Project details

Project title: Improving Biodiversity data accessibility in the Caribbean countries of Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados and Suriname
Personnel: Mike Rutherford, Renoir Auguste
Funding: This project is made possible through a grant from GBIF
Study area descriptions/descriptor: This project covers zoological specimens collected in mainly from Trinidad & Tobago.
Design description: The goal of this project is to make the records contained within the UWIZM accessible to all.

Data published through GBIF: https://cloud.gbif.org/bid/resource?r=carecmammals

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Specimens were identified to species or genus level.
Taxonomic ranks
Order: Carnivora, Chiroptera, Didelphimorphia, Pilosa, Primates, Rodentia

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Records are mostly from Trinidad and Tobago, with few from Costa Rica, Venzuela, Brazil.
Coordinates: 20°28'4.8''S and 12°33'18''N Latitude; 87°32'20.4''W and 34°37'44.4''W Longitude 

Temporal coverage: January 4, 1928 - May 13, 1996

Natural collections description

Parent collection identifier: UWI Zoology Collection
Collection name: CAREC Mammal Collection
Specimen preservation method: Alcohol

Methods

Method step description: . Specimens in the collection were assessed for existing data (labels in jars, details in registers, etc,)
2. Identifications were confirmed or made using a variety of literature sources (scientific papers, books, online resources)
3. Specimens were photographed and properly stored then the data was uploaded to the UWIZM Past Perfect database.
Study extent description: Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Brazil
Sampling description: Specimens were collected by hand or brought in.
Quality control description: Specimen identifications were checked by at least two people.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive CAREC Mammals
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://cloud.gbif.org/bid/archive.do?r=carecmammals
Publication date of data: 2018-09-21
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2018-06-04
Hierarchy level: Dataset