Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Mammal collection


Description :

 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

Link GBIF portal : https://www.gbif.org/dataset/8581f44d-7373-4138-9a3f-7d7508047419 

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continental
marine

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Contacts

Type Organization Name
Fournisseur Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences - Department of Scientific Heritage Service PAUWELS Olivier
Producteur Biodiversity and Ecological Data and Information Centre - Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences
Fournisseur PATRINAT (OFB-MNHN-CNRS-IRD)

Publication dates :

First diffusion : 30/11/2023 
Last update : 30/11/2023  

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Scientific name CD_NOM Kingdom Class Order Family Date of first observation Date of last observation Sheet

Chiffres clés :

 450 données 
 33 espèces 
 33 taxons 

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