tissue | specimen
Leptonychotes weddellii (Lesson, 1826)
Animalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Carnivora > Phocidae > Leptonychotes

Identification

Accepted NameLeptonychotes weddellii (Lesson, 1826)
TaxonomyAnimalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Carnivora > Phocidae > Leptonychotes
Name According toCatalogue of Life
Original NameLeptonychotes weddellii
Taxonomy Original NameAnimalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Carnivora > Phocidae > Leptonychotes > weddellii
Status Original Nameaccepted species
Resolving Stateresolved on species level

Gathering Event

CountryAntarctica (Antarctica)
Sea/OceanRoss Sea (Southern Ocean)
LocalityTent Island; Ross Sea; Tent Island
Collector(s)Collector(s): Thomas S. Gelatt; Preparator(s): University of Alaska Museum of the North
Collector's numbers.n.
Collection Date1995-11-04/1995-11-07
Collecting Sourcewild

Tissue

Catalog NumberUAM:Mamm:91222
Collection CodeMamm
Institution CodeUAM
Institution Full NameArctos/University of Alaska Museum of the North
Record BasisPreservedSpecimen
Sample Typetissue
Establishment Meanswild caught

Preparation

Typeblood serum (frozen)
StaffSylvia Brunner

Permits

Status: Permit available
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University of Alaska Museum (UAM) Mammal specimens (Arctos) for GGBN

DescriptionThe University of Alaska Museum houses one of the 10 largest mammal collections in North America, with over 135,000 cataloged specimens. Over 90% of these are from Alaska and include unparalleled series of small mammals, carnivores, and marine mammals. Over 80,000 include frozen tissue samples housed in UAM's Genomic Resources facility. An average of 1,000 specimens are loaned to researchers each year.
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.
CitationMammal Collection, University of Alaska Museum (UAM)

Contacts

Mammals Collection Manager
Aren Gunderson, amgunderson@alaska.edu
Genomic Resources Collection Manager
Kyndall Hildebrandt, kbhildebrandt@alaska.edu , 907 Yukon Drive, AK US, 99775-6960, (907) 474-6914
Information Architect
John Wieczorek, gtuco.btuco@gmail.com , Bariloche, Río Negro AR, 8401
Arctos Database Programmer
Dusty McDonald, dustymc@gmail.com

Identification

Accepted NameLeptonychotes weddellii (Lesson, 1826)
TaxonomyAnimalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Carnivora > Phocidae > Leptonychotes
Name According toCatalogue of Life
Original NameLeptonychotes weddellii
Taxonomy Original NameAnimalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Carnivora > Phocidae > Leptonychotes > weddellii
Status Original Nameaccepted species
Resolving Stateresolved on species level

Gathering Event

CountryAntarctica (Antarctica)
Sea/OceanRoss Sea (Southern Ocean)
LocalityTent Island; Ross Sea; Tent Island
Collector(s)Collector(s): Thomas S. Gelatt; Preparator(s): University of Alaska Museum of the North
Collector's numbers.n.
Collection Date1995-11-04/1995-11-07
Collecting Sourcewild

Specimen

GUID/Occurrence IDhttp://arctos.database.museum/guid/UAM:Mamm:91222
Catalog NumberUAM:Mamm:91222
Collection CodeMamm
Institution CodeUAM
Institution Full NameArctos/University of Alaska Museum of the North
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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