Carnivora (Mammalia) Collection from the Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Leonor Brites Soares1, Luis da Costa2, Cristiane Bastos-Silveira3, Leonor Brites Soares4

1 Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal; 2 MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (Univ. Lisboa) / Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal; 3 CE3C- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Lisbon, Portugal; 4 Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Corresponding author(s): Leonor Brites Soares (leonor.brites@campus.ul.pt)Luis da Costa (dacosta.luis@gmail.com)Cristiane Bastos-Silveira, Leonor Brites Soares (leonor.brites@campus.ul.pt)

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Resource Citation

da Costa L, Brites Soares L, Bastos-Silveira C (2022): Carnivorous Mammals from the Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal. v1.0. Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência. Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=carnivoros_mnhnc&amp;v=1.0

Abstract

This database refers to the Carnivora (Mammalia) collection of the MNHNC.
The collection is composed by 1016 specimens, collected mostly in Portugal, but also in other countries from Europe, Africa, North America and Arctic, between 1944 and 2003. Most of the specimens are dry preserved, mostly skeletons and/or skins, and a small percentage are whole animals preserved in Ethanol (EtOH). 
The collection includes several specimens of species with high threat status (IUCN Red List), as for example the Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus) and the Wolf (Canis lupus). The Iberian Lynx was considered as "Critically Endangered" (CR) until 2015, when it was downgraded to "Endangered" (EN). In Portugal, the species faced a situation of "pre-extinction"; it is currently under a reintroduction and recovery programme, with a population of around 140 specimens.
All data and specimens were verified within the framework of the Portuguese e-Infrastructure for Information and Research on Biodiversity (PORBIOTA).

Keywords: Occurrence, carnivores?
Iberian lynx?
Iberian wolf?
mnhnc?
dry collections, Specimen

Project details

Project title: PORBIOTA
Personnel: Pedro Beja
Funding: The preparation of this resource for publication through GBIF was supported by Project PORBIOTA—Portuguese E-Infrastructure for Information and Research on Biodiversity (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-022127), under the Operational Thematic Program for Competitiveness and Internationalization (POCI), under the PORTUGAL 2020 Partnership Agreement, through the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER) and FCT.

Data published through GBIF: http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=carnivoros_mnhnc

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: The collection of carnivores is composed of 8 families: Canidae, Felidae, Herpestidae, Mustelidae, Otariidae, Phocidae, Ursidae e Viverridae. Most of the specimens belong to the Canidae family, with about 600 individuals. The collection includes 26 different species, representing 11 genera.
Taxonomic ranks
Family: Canidae, Mustelidae, Felidae, Herpestidae, Viverridae, Otariidae, Phocidae, Ursidae
Genus: Felis, Vulpes, Mustela, Canis, Lynx, Felis, Meles, Herpestes, Lutra, Martes, Genetta, Leptailurus, Ursus, Zalophus, Arctocephalus, Pusa, Phoca, Monachus, Cystophora
Species: Vulpes vulpes, Ursus maritimus, Mustela nivalis, Lynx pardinus, Felis silvestris, Felis catus, Meles meles, Herpestes ichneumon, Lutra lutra, Mustela erminea, Mustela putorius, Mustela furo, Martes foina, Martes martes, Genetta genetta, Genetta maculata, Leptailurus serval, Zalophus californianus, Arctocephalus pusillus, Pusa hispida, Phoca vitulina, Monachus monachus, Cystophora cristata
Subspecies: Canis lupus signatus, Canis lupus familiaris

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: The collecting sites include Angola, Denmark (Greenland), Finland, France, Mauritania, Morroco, Namibia, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, and United States of America. However, most specimens come from Portugal mainland.
Coordinates: 90°0'0''S and 90°0'0''N Latitude; 180°0'0''W and 180°0'0''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: January 1, 1944 - December 8, 2003

Natural collections description

Collection name: Mammals (MB01)
Specimen preservation method: Alcohol
Specimen preservation method: Dried
Specimen preservation method: Mounted
Specimen preservation method: Other

Methods

Method step description: .
Study extent description: The collecting sites include Angola, Denmark (Greenland), Finland, France, Mauritania, Morroco, Namibia, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, and United States of America. However, most specimens come from Portugal mainland. Collected between 1944 and 2003.
Sampling description: Most of the specimens arrived at the museum through donations, as they are essentially animals found dead by being run over, shot, or poisoned.
Quality control description: All initial data was inserted in a specific relational database built specifically for the project, which implemented several quality control methods. In the preparation of the dataset for GBIF publication, data consistency was verified using cluster algorithms using OpenRefine.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Carnivora (Mammalia) Collection from the Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/archive.do?r=carnivoros_mnhnc
Publication date of data: 2022-03-04
Language: Portuguese
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2022-02-21
Hierarchy level: Dataset