Colección de Cordados, Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona
Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona
Description
The Chordate collection (except Tissue Bank) contains more than 30,000 specimens, 24.000 of which have geographical origin documented. Collection grows annually by donations and passive recollections. Specimens come from several sources: nature, the Zoological Park of Barcelona, and animal recovery centers in Catalonia. There is a Laboratory where specimens are prepared (study skins, mounted, skeletons, tissues, etc). Chordates are primarily used for scientific and educational purposes. Chondrichthyes collection consists of 580 specimens; Actinopterygii collection contains 9.600 specimens. In both cases, are whole animals alcohol preserved, collected in Spain and Africa. Amphibians, 1.400 specimens, are preserved in alcohol; nearly all come from the Iberian Peninsula. There are nearly 2.300 reptiles, half from Spain and the rest from America and Africa. With more than 14.000 specimens, mostly from Spain, birds make up the largest part of the Chordate collection. Bird collection contains specimens from Equatorial Guinea, Ecuador and Vietnam. The mammal collection (more than 5.000 specimens) is largely a study collection. Half of the mammals in the collection come from fieldwork carried out on the Iberian Peninsula. Highlights include the collection of African mammals, with a few American and Asiatic mammals.
Strengths
1- Preventive preservation of collections: analyses and monitoring of environmental conditions
2- Catalogue completed
3- Loan and consultation are accepted for researchers
How to cite
Colección de Cordados, MCNB
Usage restrictions
1- Use of specimens of protected by law species , 2- To obtain samples by molecular analyses.
Types of objects
Bones, eggs, nests, fur, feathers, mostly whole organisms.
Types of resources
Some observations, mainly preserved.
Preservation methods
Some in alcohol, some in formaldehyde, some mounted, some dried.
Taxonomic range
Kingdoms covered include: Animalia.
The Colección de Cordados, Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona collection includes members from the following taxa:
Agnatha, Amphibia, Aves, Chondrichthyes, Chordata, Mammalia, Osteichthyes and Reptilia.
Geographic range
Ecuador, Guinea Ecuatorial, Vietnam, principalmente la Península Ibérica, algunos resto del mundo.
Number of specimens in the collection
The estimated number of specimens in the Colección de Cordados, Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona collection is 34,429.
Of these 34,429 are databased. This represents 100.0 % of the collection.
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Sub-collections
The Colección de Cordados, Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona collection contains these significant collections:
Metadata last updated on 2023-08-25 11:56:24.0
Digitised records available through the Atlas
The Colección de Cordados, Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona collection has an estimated 34,429 specimens.
The collection has databased 100.0 % of these (34,429 records).
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