NMNH Extant Specimen Records (USNM, US)

Thomas Orrell1, Informatics Office1, Chris Tuccinardi2, Karen Reed3, Jessica Bird4, Diane Pitassy5, Collection Managers6, Brian Schmidt7, Ingrid Rochon8

1 National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 136, 20013-7012, Washington, United States; 2 Department of Botany, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 166, 20013-7012, Washington, United States; 3 Department of Invertebrate Zoology, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution, Museum Support Center, MRC 534, 4210 Silver Hill Road, 20746, Suitland, United States; 4 Department of Entomology, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 165, 20013-7012, Washington, United States; 5 Division of Fishes, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution, Museum Support Center, MRC 534, 4210 Silver Hill Road, 20746, Suitland, United States; 6 Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution, Museum Support Center, MRC 534, 4210 Silver Hill Road, 20746, Suitland, United States; 7 Division of Birds, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 116, 20013-7012, Washington, United States; 8 Division of Mammals, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 108, 20013-7012, Washington, United States

Corresponding author(s): Thomas Orrell (orrellt@si.edu)Informatics Office (informaticshelp@si.edu)

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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

Orrell T, Informatics Office (2024). NMNH Extant Specimen Records (USNM, US). Version 1.79. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Occurrence dataset. https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/ipt/resource?r=nmnh_extant_dwc-a&v=1.79

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Occurrence, Specimen, Occurrence

General description

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Data published through GBIF: https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/ipt/resource?r=nmnh_extant_dwc-a

Taxonomic coverage

Taxonomic ranks
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista
Common names: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists, Bacteria

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Global collections, National Museum of Natural History (USNM), Smithsonian Institution
Coordinates: 90°0'0''S and 90°0'0''N Latitude; 180°0'0''W and 180°0'0''E Longitude 

Natural collections description

Parent collection identifier: http://grbio.org/cool/142r-0w94
Collection name: Botany
Collection identifier: http://grbio.org/cool/i75d-97nn
Natural collections description

Parent collection identifier: http://grbio.org/cool/142r-0w94
Collection name: Invertebrate Zoology
Collection identifier: http://grbio.org/cool/abck-1zsq
Natural collections description

Parent collection identifier: http://grbio.org/cool/142r-0w94
Collection name: Entomology
Collection identifier: http://grbio.org/cool/1wcv-afpg
Natural collections description

Parent collection identifier: http://grbio.org/cool/142r-0w94
Collection name: Amphibians and Reptiles
Collection identifier: http://grbio.org/cool/8vm7-e9x1
Natural collections description

Parent collection identifier: http://grbio.org/cool/142r-0w94
Collection name: Birds
Collection identifier: http://grbio.org/cool/e49n-75xd
Natural collections description

Parent collection identifier: http://grbio.org/cool/142r-0w94
Collection name: Fishes
Collection identifier: http://grbio.org/cool/22s5-q4hk
Natural collections description

Parent collection identifier: http://grbio.org/cool/142r-0w94
Collection name: Mammals
Collection identifier: http://grbio.org/cool/cy7i-ptxq
Formation period: 19th Century - current

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive NMNH Extant Specimen Records (USNM, US)
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/ipt/archive.do?r=nmnh_extant_dwc-a
Publication date of data: 2024-03-02
Language: English
Licences of use: Public Domain (CC0 1.0)

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2016-04-20
Hierarchy level: Dataset