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    DOI10.15468/xpsbyo

    Occurrence dataset Registered June 14, 2016

    SUI Vertebrate Collection

    Published by University of Iowa Museum of Natural History
    Opitz C
    mnh.uiowa.edu
    LicenceCC0 1.0

    Description

    Ornithology: More than 31,000 birds (study skins or mounted), eggs, and nests. In 2015-2017 we are reorganizing and rehousing the entire collection under a National Science Foundation CSBR grant.
    Mammalogy: More than 5,000 study skins, skulls, skeletons, fluid-preserved specimens, and mounted specimens. Our collection includes specimens collected by John Bowles which were transferred from Central College.
    Other vertebrates: A small number of reptiles, fish, and amphibians.

    Geographic scope

    Description

    Ornithology and mammal collections global in coverage, with nearly complete series of North American birds, and including birds from Laysan Island, Caribbean, Central and South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Mammals primarily from North American Midwest, plus South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia. Small collection of fish and herps from locations scattered across the globe.

    Bounding box
    Latitude
    From -90 to 90
    Longitude
    From -180 to 180

    Temporal scope

    verbatim
    c. 1860 to present

    Taxonomic scope

    Coverage
    AvesBirdsMammaliaMammalsAmphibiaAmphibiansReptiliaReptiles

    Metrics

    Additional info

    http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html

    Contacts

    • Cindy Opitz

      Originator
      Metadata author
      Administrative point of contact
      Organization
      University of Iowa Museum of Natural History
      Position
      Collections Manager
      Address
      11 Macbride Hall
      Roles
      Originator
      Metadata author
      Administrative point of contact
      Email
      Phone

    • Laura Russell

      Programmer
      Organization
      VertNet
      Position
      VertNet Programmer
      Roles
      Programmer
      Email

    • Dave Bloom

      Programmer
      Organization
      VertNet
      Position
      VertNet Coordinator
      Roles
      Programmer
      Email

    • John Wieczorek

      Programmer
      Organization
      Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley​
      Position
      Information Architect
      Roles
      Programmer
      Email

    • Trina Roberts

      Curator
      Organization
      Pentacrest Museums: University of Iowa Museum of Natural History and Old Capitol Museum
      Position
      Director
      Address
      10 Macbride Hall
      Roles
      Curator
      Email
      Phone

    GBIF registration

    Registration date
    June 14, 2016
    Metadata last modified
    July 02, 2020
    Publication date
    July 02, 2020
    Hosted by
    VertNet
    Installation
    IPT - Hosted by VertNet
    Endpoints
    Darwin Core Archive
    EML
    Preferred identifier
    10.15468/xpsbyo
    Alternative identifiers
    GBIF registration details

    Citation

    Opitz C (2020). SUI Vertebrate Collection. Version 6.1. University of Iowa Museum of Natural History. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/xpsbyo accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-08-27.