Bloomsburg University Vertebrate Natural History Collection (BUP)

The BUP Vertebrate Natural History Collection consists of more than 1,500 skins, skeletal materials, alcohol-preserved specimens, skins, and taxidermy mounts. The collection emphasis is vertebrates of Columbia County, Montour County, and nearby counties in Pennsylvania.

Contacts: John M. Hranitz, jhranitz@bloomu.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: f494e633-1200-486a-9f2e-7e353357386f
Digital Metadata: EML File
Rights Holder: Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Collection Statistics
  • 172 specimen records
  • 1 (0.58%) georeferenced
  • 137 (80%) identified to species
  • 37 families
  • 54 genera
  • 58 species
  • 64 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Etheostoma (3)