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Burton Ostenson Museum Mammalogy Collection (PLUNHM-PLUMAM)

The Mammalogy Collection at the PLU Burton Ostenson Museum contains over 1000 specimens representing more than 500 species collected primarily from the Pacific Northwest. Specimens are used by PLU faculty and students for teaching and research.
Contacts: Jacob Egge, eggejj@plu.edu
Homepage: https://www.plu.edu/biology/burton-ostenson-museum/
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 108b8a22-7b71-48c8-8acc-7b0f35072f0f
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)
Rights Holder: Pacific Lutheran University
Access Rights: not-for-profit use only
Collection Statistics
  • 1,096 specimen records
  • 3 (0.27%) georeferenced
  • 787 (72%) identified to species
  • 35 families
  • 73 genera
  • 120 species
  • 132 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics