The medium and large-sized terrestrial mammals at the Museo di Anatomia Comparata “Giovanni Battista Grassi”

Occurrence Specimen
Latest version published by Museo di Anatomia Comparata "Giovanni Battista Grassi" on May 24, 2024 Museo di Anatomia Comparata "Giovanni Battista Grassi"
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24 May 2024
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Description

The collection holds 444 specimens of medium and large-sized terrestrial mammals, mainly from localities of Africa and Europeand collected since 1600's. A list of this material, indexed by the orders and families, is provided, as well as comments on the conservation status of the species. Remarkable data are approached, including new data on a hippopotamus specimen from an extinct population and the record of three rhinoceros specie

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Castiglia R (2024). The medium and large-sized terrestrial mammals at the Museo di Anatomia Comparata “Giovanni Battista Grassi”. Version 1.0. Museo di Anatomia Comparata "Giovanni Battista Grassi". Occurrence dataset. https://cloud.gbif.org/eca/resource?r=maur-mlm_medium_and_large_terrestrial_mammals&v=1.0

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Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen

Contacts

Riccardo Castiglia
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  • Associate Professor
Università di Roma "La Sapienza"
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00161 Rome
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Riccardo Castiglia
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Geographic Coverage

Specimens collected since 1600's and gathered from almost worldwide.

Bounding Coordinates South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180]

Taxonomic Coverage

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Class Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Monotremata, Dasyuromorphia, Diprotodontia, Hyracoidea, Macroscelidea, Proboscidea, Sirenia, Cingulata, Pilosa, Dermoptera, Primates, Scandentia, Carnivora, Perissodactyla, Pholidota

Sampling Methods

Scientific collection holdings

Study Extent N/A

Method step description:

  1. The nomenclature follows Burgin et al. (2018), geographic distribution Marsh et al. (2022), and biogeographic provinces Udvardy (1975). Burgin CJ, Colella JP, Kahn PL, Upham NS (2018) How many species of mammals are there? Journal of Mammalogy 99: 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyx147 Marsh CJ, Sica YV, Burgin CJ, Dorman WA, Anderson RC,Upham NS, Jetz W (2022) Expert range maps of global mammal distributions harmonized to three taxonomic authorities. Journal of Biogeography 49: 979–992. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14330 Udvardy MDF (1975) A classification of the biogeographical provinces of the world. Morges, Switzerland. International Union of Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources - IUCN Occasional Paper No. 18. Available at https://www.iucn.org/sites/default/files/import/downloads/udvardy.pdf