Catalog of type specimens of recent Mammals : Rodentia (Sciuromorpha and Castorimorpha) in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian institution / Robert D. Fisher and Craig A. Ludwig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)

Contributor:

Fisher, Robert D.

Ludwig, Craig A.

Series:

Smithsonian contributions to zoology ; no. 640.

Smithsonian contributions to zoology ; no. 640

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)--Catalogs.

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.).

Rodents--Type specimens--Catalogs and collections--Washington (D.C.).

Rodents.

Washington (D.C.).

Genre:

Catalogs and collections.

catalogs (documents)

Catalogs

Catalogs and collections

Catalogs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iv, 97 pages).

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2012.

Summary:

"The type collection of recent mammals in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, contains 843 specimens bearing names of 820 species group taxa of Rodentia (Sciuromorpha and Castorimorpha) as of July 2011. This catalog presents a list of these holdings, which comprise 798 holotypes, 14 lectotypes, seven syntypes (30 specimens), and one neotype. Forty-one of the names are new since the last type catalog."--Pub. desc.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed on Jan. 3, 2013).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.

Other Format:

Print version: National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Catalog of type specimens of recent Mammals:Rodentia (SciuromorpIa and Castorimorpha) in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian institution

OCLC:

814513049

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