Number of records published in GBIF
30.987
Contact
Administrative Contact
Contact
Telephone
+34 932562224
Address
Passeig Picasso s/n
Barcelona
08003
Barcelona
ESPAÑA
jquesadal@bcn.cat
Website
https://museuciencies.cat/es/area-cientifica/colecciones/colecciones-zoologicas/vertebrados/
Colección de Cordados, Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona
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Code
MCNB-Cord -
Registration date
24/08/2007 -
Update date
03/03/2022 - Download the sheet
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.Overall information
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.
Taxonomic coverage
Scientific names
Agnatha, Amphibia, Aves, Chondrichthyes, Chordata, Mammalia, Osteichthyes, Reptilia.
Common names
anfibios, aves, cordados, lampreas, mamíferos, peces, rays, tiburones, vertebrados.
Geospatial coverage
algunos/as Ecuador, algunos/as Guinea Ecuatorial, principalmente noreste de la Península Ibérica, algunos/as resto del mundo, algunos/as Vietnam.
Temporal location
Temporal coverage
todo(s) taxón existente.
Datasets of the collection/database
Types of objects
algunos/as huesos, algunos/as huevos, algunos/as nidos, principalmente organismos enteros, algunos/as pieles, algunos/as plumas.
Types of datasets
algunos/as observaciones, principalmente Preservados.
Conservation method
algunos/as alcohol, algunos/as formol, algunos/as montado, algunos/as secado.
Digitalization
34.429
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