Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Mammal collection

Latest version published by Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences on Jan 25, 2021 Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences

The mammal collection of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences contains 42,000 specimens and includes significant osteological material (bones and skeletons). The best represented groups are bats, rodents, carnivores and primates. The Institute has type material for 27 species. The rodent collection was extended by RBINS biologist Xavier Misonne. Walter Verheyen built up the collection of fauna from Belgium and Papua New Guinea, and Jacques Verschuren put together a large collection of mammal specimens from Africa. The Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Mammalia collection contains 59893 digitised specimens of 2274 taxa. The following classes are included: Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758, Reptilia Laurenti, 1768

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 60,193 records. 1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

  • Occurrence (core)
    60193
  • ExtendedMeasurementOrFact 
    182892

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GBIF Registration

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Keywords

natural history collection; RBINS; DaRWIN; Mammalia; Occurrence; Specimen

Contacts

Who created the resource:

Olivier Pauwels
curator
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences - Department of Scientific Heritage Service Vautierstraat 29 1000 Brussels BE

Who can answer questions about the resource:

Biodiversity and Ecological Data and Information Centre - Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences
Biodiversity and Ecological Data and Information Centre - Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences Vautierstraat 29 1000 Brussels BE

Who filled in the metadata:

Thomas Vandenberghe
Data manager
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences Vautierstraat 29 1000 Brussels BE

Who else was associated with the resource:

Content Provider
Patrick Semal
Head of Section Scientific Heritage
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences Vautierstraat 29 1000 Brussels BE

Geographic Coverage

Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechia, Denmark, DR Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Finland, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Bounding Coordinates South West [-78.159, -162.167], North East [72.5, 155.733]

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Class  Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758, Reptilia Laurenti, 1768

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1822-01-01 / 2017-09-16