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CHAS Mammalogy Collection (Arctos)

Specimen Records: 5,365
Media Records: 18,060
iDigBio Last Ingested Date: 2023-08-24

The Chicago Academy of Sciences’ mammalogy collection contains mostly small mammals native to the Midwest, as well as some Appalachian species. Specimens are primarily prepared as skins, with some additional osteological and display mount items. Many specimens are associated with collectors or Academy expeditions that have manuscript and /or audio-visual archival material, which can be provided to researchers upon request. Notable collectors include Robert Kennicott, Roy and Edwin Komarek, Alfred M. Bailey, Charles D. Brower, Stephen S. Gregory.

Contacts

Name Dawn Roberts
RoleDirector of Collections
Emaildroberts@naturemuseum.org
Name Dawn Roberts
RoleDirector of Collections
Emaildroberts@naturemuseum.org
Name Erica Krimmel
RoleAssistant Collections Manager
Emailekrimmel@naturemuseum.org
Name Laura Russell
RoleProgrammer
Emaillarussell@vertnet.org
Name David Bloom
RoleCoordinator
Emaildbloom@vertnet.org
Name John Wieczorek
RoleInformation Architect
Emailtuco@berkeley.edu
Name Dawn Roberts
RoleDirector of Collections
Emaildroberts@naturemuseum.org
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This table shows any data corrections that were performed on this recordset to improve the capabilities of iDigBio Search. The first column represents the correction performed. The last two columns represent the number and percentage of records that were corrected. A complete list of the data quality flags and their descriptions can be found here. Clicking on a data flag name will take you to a search for all records with this flag in this recordset.
FlagRecords With This Flag(%) Percent With This Flag
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98.77
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98.77
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98.77
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98.77
dwc_taxonomicstatus_added  i5299
98.77
gbif_canonicalname_added  i5299
98.77
gbif_genericname_added  i5299
98.77
gbif_taxon_corrected  i5299
98.77
gbif_vernacularname_added  i5214
97.185
idigbio_isocountrycode_added  i5112
95.284
gbif_reference_added  i5092
94.911
dwc_continent_added  i5076
94.613
dwc_multimedia_added  i4975
92.731
geopoint_datum_error  i4511
84.082
dwc_taxonrank_replaced  i3890
72.507
dwc_originalnameusageid_added  i1225
22.833
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4.362
dwc_continent_replaced  i223
4.157
rev_geocode_eez  i206
3.84
dwc_specificepithet_replaced  i131
2.442
dwc_infraspecificepithet_added  i120
2.237
geopoint_datum_missing  i111
2.069
taxon_match_failed  i107
1.994
dwc_class_replaced  i9
0.168
dwc_family_added  i9
0.168
dwc_genus_added  i9
0.168
dwc_order_replaced  i9
0.168
dwc_phylum_replaced  i9
0.168
dwc_taxonremarks_added  i3
0.056
dwc_family_replaced  i2
0.037
dwc_specificepithet_added  i1
0.019
rev_geocode_mismatch  i1
0.019
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