tissue | specimen
Bison bison (Linnaeus, 1758)
Animalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Artiodactyla > Bovidae > Bison

Identification

Accepted NameBison bison (Linnaeus, 1758)
TaxonomyAnimalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Artiodactyla > Bovidae > Bison
Name According toCatalogue of Life
Original NameBos bison
Taxonomy Original NameAnimalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Artiodactyla > Bovidae > Bos > bison
Status Original Namesynonym species
Resolving Stateresolved on species level

Gathering Event

CountryUnited States (Central or North America)
LocalityNo specific locality recorded.
Collector(s)Collector(s): James Derr
Collector's numbers.n.
Collection Date2003-03-04
Collecting Sourcecaptive/cultivated

Tissue

GGBN IDhttps://id.ggbn.org/32T7XX
GUID/Occurrence IDhttp://arctos.database.museum/guid/MSB:Mamm:219028?pid=21679003
Catalog NumberMSB:Mamm:219028
Previous IDsNK=202130; original identifier=YNP-2074; secondary identifier=03-206,
Collection CodeMamm
Institution CodeMSB
Institution Full NameArctos/Museum of Southwestern Biology
Record BasisMaterialSample
Sample Typetissue
Establishment Meanscaptive

Preparation

Typetissue
StaffJason L. Malaney

Permits

Status: Permit not available
Unknown permit type

Museum of Southwestern Biology (MSB) Mammal specimens (Arctos) for GGBN

DescriptionThe Division of Mammals contains over 327,000 catalogued specimens and is among the 3 largest in the world. Specimens date back to the 1880's with the majority documenting the rapid environmental change that has occurred since the 1950's. The collections are taxonomically broad, representing 25 orders, 106 families, 543 genera, ~1,750 species. The majority from the Orders Rodentia (249,000), Chiroptera (27,000), Carnivora (20,000), Eulipotyphla (16,000) and Artiodactyla (7,800). The collections are world-wide in scope (78 countries and all 50 US states) with particularly strong holdings from Western North America (225,000 specimens), Beringia and high latitudes (39,000 from Alaska, Russia and Canada), Mongolia (6,500 specimens and parasites), and Latin America (10,200 specimens from Bolivia, 10,000 from Panama, 7,000 from Chile, and 5,400 from Argentina). The collection contains 89 holotypes or paratypes, 185 parasite symbiotypes and 22 virus symbiotypes. Important collections integrated into the MSB include the USGS Biological Surveys collection (30,000), the UIMNH (Hoffmeister) Collection (33,000), and the Rausch Collection (4,000 specimens and parasites). Specimens range from traditional skin/skull and fluid vouchers to "holistic vouchers" containing skin, skull, post-cranial skeleton, up to seven tissue types (heart, kidney, liver, lung, spleen, muscle, blood), cell suspensions, and ecto and endo parasites. Additionally, frozen tissue samples are available for about 200,000 individual mammals and date back to the late 1970's. 37,000 specimens have serology data associated with hantavirus surveillance programs in the Americas. The MSB houses an extensive archive of field journals and catalogues that date to the 1900's and are associated with specimens held in the collection. The collections are growing rapidly through the active research programs of curators, staff and students and ongoing collaborations with other institutions and governmental agencies.
RightsTo 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.
CitationDivision of Mammals, Museum of Southwestern Biology (MSB)

Contacts

N/A
Mariel Campbell, campmlc@unm.edu
Senior Collection Manager
Jon Dunnum, jldunnum@unm.edu
Information Architect
John Wieczorek, gtuco.btuco@gmail.com , Bariloche, Río Negro AR, 8401
Arctos Database Programmer
Dusty McDonald, dustymc@gmail.com

Identification

Accepted NameBison bison (Linnaeus, 1758)
TaxonomyAnimalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Artiodactyla > Bovidae > Bison
Name According toCatalogue of Life
Original NameBos bison
Taxonomy Original NameAnimalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Artiodactyla > Bovidae > Bos > bison
Status Original Namesynonym species
Resolving Stateresolved on species level

Gathering Event

CountryUnited States (Central or North America)
LocalityNo specific locality recorded.
Collector(s)Collector(s): James Derr
Collector's numbers.n.
Collection Date2003-03-04
Collecting Sourcecaptive/cultivated

Specimen

GGBN IDhttps://id.ggbn.org/35BXZ7
GUID/Occurrence IDhttp://arctos.database.museum/guid/MSB:Mamm:219028
Catalog NumberMSB:Mamm:219028
Collection CodeMamm
Institution CodeMSB
Institution Full NameArctos/Museum of Southwestern Biology
Record BasisPreservedSpecimen
Sample Typespecimen
Establishment Meansnot provided

Arctos Cataloged Items for GGBN

DescriptionExtract of cataloged item records from all of Arctos for use only with GGBN as parent records to tissue samples published for Arctos participant collections.
RightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License.

Contacts

Programmer
Dusty MacDonald, dustymc@gmail.com , US, N/A
Information architect
John Wieczorek, gtuco.btuco@gmail.com , 3622 33rd Ave W, WA US, 98199, 2242088267
N/A
John Wieczorek, tuco@berkeley.edu , N/A, N/A
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