Occurrence

NMNH Extant Specimen Records

Version 1.45 published by National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution on 27 June 2021 National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

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Description

Public records of accessioned specimens and observations curated by the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. These data are from the Departments of Botany, Entomology, Invertebrate Zoology and Vertebrate Zoology (Amphibians & Reptiles, Birds, Fishes, and Mammals) and include more than 270,000 primary type specimen records.

Versions

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How to cite

Please be aware, this is an old version of the dataset.  Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Orrell T, (2021): NMNH Extant Specimen Records. v1.45. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Dataset/Occurrence. https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/ipt/resource?r=nmnh_extant_dwc-a&v=1.45

Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 821cc27a-e3bb-4bc5-ac34-89ada245069d.  National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by U.S. Geological Survey.

Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen; Occurrence

Contacts

Thomas Orrell
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
Deputy Director, Research Informatics Program
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
P.O. Box 37012, MRC 136
20013-7012 Washington
DC
US
202-633-2151
Informatics Office
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  • Originator
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IPT Administrator
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
P.O. Box 37012, MRC 136
20013-7012 Washington
DC
US
202-633-0850
Chris Tuccinardi
  • Point Of Contact
Information Management
Department of Botany, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution
P.O. Box 37012, MRC 166
20013-7012 Washington
DC
US
202-633-0900
Karen Reed
  • Point Of Contact
Data Manager
Department of Invertebrate Zoology, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution
Museum Support Center, MRC 534, 4210 Silver Hill Road
20746 Suitland
MD
US
301-238-1763
Jessica Bird
  • Point Of Contact
Collections Information Manager
Department of Entomology, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution
P.O. Box 37012, MRC 165
20013-7012 Washington
DC
US
502-599-3157
Jeff Williams
  • Point Of Contact
Collection Manager
Division of Fishes, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution
Museum Support Center, MRC 534, 4210 Silver Hill Road
20746 Suitland
MD
US
301-238-1736
Kenneth Tighe
  • Point Of Contact
Database Coordinator
Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution
Museum Support Center, MRC 534, 4210 Silver Hill Road
20746 Suitland
MD
US
301-238-1726
Brian Schmidt
  • Point Of Contact
Museum Specialist
Division of Birds, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution
P.O. Box 37012, MRC 116
20013-7012 Washington
DC
US
202-633-0796
Ingrid Rochon
  • Point Of Contact
Scientific Data Manager
Division of Mammals, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution
P.O. Box 37012, MRC 108
20013-7012 Washington
DC
US
202-633-1247

Geographic Coverage

Global collections, National Museum of Natural History (USNM), Smithsonian Institution

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

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Domain Bacteria (Bacteria)
Kingdom Animalia (Animals), Plantae (Plants), Fungi (Fungi), Protista (Protists)

Temporal Coverage

Formation Period 19th Century - current

Collection Data

Collection Name Botany
Collection Identifier http://grbio.org/cool/i75d-97nn
Parent Collection Identifier http://grbio.org/cool/142r-0w94
Collection Name Invertebrate Zoology
Collection Identifier http://grbio.org/cool/abck-1zsq
Parent Collection Identifier http://grbio.org/cool/142r-0w94
Collection Name Entomology
Collection Identifier http://grbio.org/cool/1wcv-afpg
Parent Collection Identifier http://grbio.org/cool/142r-0w94
Collection Name Amphibians and Reptiles
Collection Identifier http://grbio.org/cool/8vm7-e9x1
Parent Collection Identifier http://grbio.org/cool/142r-0w94
Collection Name Birds
Collection Identifier http://grbio.org/cool/e49n-75xd
Parent Collection Identifier http://grbio.org/cool/142r-0w94
Collection Name Fishes
Collection Identifier http://grbio.org/cool/22s5-q4hk
Parent Collection Identifier http://grbio.org/cool/142r-0w94
Collection Name Mammals
Collection Identifier http://grbio.org/cool/cy7i-ptxq
Parent Collection Identifier http://grbio.org/cool/142r-0w94

Additional Metadata

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Alternative Identifiers 821cc27a-e3bb-4bc5-ac34-89ada245069d
https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/ipt/resource?r=nmnh_extant_dwc-a