University of New Hampshire (UNH)
Department of Zoology Contact: Michelle Scott
University of New Hampshire Voice: 603-862-2100
Durham, NH 03824
750 specimens; regional emphasis (New Hampshire)
NEW JERSEY
Trailside Nature and Science Center (TNSC)
Division of Parks and Recreation Contact: Hollace Hoffman
452 New Providence Road Voice: 908-789-3670
Mountainside, NJ 07092
136 specimens; exclusively taxidermy mounts
NEW MEXICO
Carlsbad Caverns National Park (CACA)
National Park Service Contact: Jeff Denny
3225 National Parks Highway Voice: 505-785-2232
Carlsbad, NM 88220 FAX: 505-785-2133
600 specimens; local emphasis; additional contact: Celia Gomez; former collection acronym: CCNP
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Eastern New Mexico University, Natural History Museum (ENMUNHM)
Eastern New Mexico University Contact: A. L. Gennaro
Portales, NM 88130 Voice: 505-562-2723
FAX: 505-562-2192
E-mail: gennaroa@email.enmu.edu
10,300 specimens; emphasis on eastern New Mexico, south of the Canadian River
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New Mexico Environment Department (NMED)
(formerly New Mexico Environmental Improvement Agency, NMEIA)
Vector Control Program Contact: Ted L. Brown
1190 St. Francis Drive Voice: 505-474-4410
P. O. Box 26110 FAX: 505-473-3477
Santa Fe, NM 87505
160 specimens; primarily rodents involved in plague zoonotic cycle in New Mexico; additional contact: Pamela J. Reynolds, 1191 5th Street, Suite 204, Santa Fe, NM 87505
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New Mexico Museum of Natural History (NMMNH)
1801 Mountain Road NW Contact: David J. Hafner
Albuquerque, NM 87104 Voice: 505-841-2825
FAX: 505-841-2866
E-mail: hafner@darwin.nmmnh-abq.
mus.nm.us
2,500 specimens; frozen-tissue collection (2,000 specimens); excellent series of Nearctic Ochotonidae; additional contact: Jacquelyn G. McConachie (e-mail: jackie@darwin.nmmnh-abq.mus.nm.us); home page: http://www.aps.edu/htmlpages/nmmnh.html; ACCREDITED BY ASM (1994)
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New Mexico State University (NMSU)
Department of Biology Contact: Peter Houde
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM 88003
12,045 specimens at last report (Yates et al., 1987); ACCREDITED BY ASM (1977)
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Philmont Scout Ranch, Seton Memorial Library (SETON)
Cimarron, NM 87714 Contact: Stephen Zimmer
Voice: 505-376-2281
900 specimens; specimens collected by naturalist Ernest Thompson Seton between 1880-1930
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University of New Mexico, Museum of Southwestern Biology (MSB)
Department of Biology Contact: Terry L. Yates
University of New Mexico Voice: 505-277-3838
Albuquerque, NM 87131 FAX: 505-277-0304
E-mail: tyates@sevilleta.unm.edu
116,000 specimens; collection includes five holotypes, 73 symbiotypes, and one species color standard; collection emphasizes mammals of the southwestern United States, Mexico, Bolivia, Japan, and Central Africa; frozen-tissue collection (85,000 specimens); contains the Biological Surveys Collection, Fort Collins (BS/FC); additional contacts: Michael A. Bogan (voice: 505-766-3903; e-mail: mbogan@
unm.edu), William L. Gannon (voice: 505-277-5340; e-mail: wgannon@unm.edu), Cindy A. Ramotnik (voice: 505-766-2811; e-mail: ramotnik@unm.edu); ACCREDITED BY ASM (1975, 1984, and 1987)
Western New Mexico University (WNMU)
Biology Collection Contact: Randy D. Jennings
Western New Mexico University
Silver City, NM 88062
4,000 specimens at last report (Yates et al., 1987)
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White Sands National Monument (WSNM)
P. O. Box 458 Contact: (did not respond to survey)
Alamogordo, NM 88310
50 specimens at last report (Yates et al., 1987)
NEW YORK
American Museum of Natural History (AMNH)
Central Park West at 79th Street Contact: Ross D. E. MacPhee
New York, NY 10024-5192 Voice: 212-769-5480
FAX: 212-769-5495
E-mail: macphee@amnh.org
277,480 specimens; collection includes 1,062 holotypes; contains many historically important series, plus many specimens collected in the late 19th and early 20th centuries; contains the Bluntchli Embryological Collection; additional contact: Bryn J. Mader (voice: 212-769-5475; e-mail: mader@ amnh.org); ACCREDITED BY ASM (1975 and 1978)
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Brooklyn Children's Museum (BCM)
145 Brooklyn Avenue Contact: Nancy Paine
Brooklyn, NY 11213 Voice: 718-472-5188
FAX: 718-472-5189
80 specimens; exclusively taxidermy mounts; additional contact: Beth Alberty (voice: 718-472-4289)
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Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences (BSNS)
Buffalo Museum of Science Contact: Arthur R. Clark
1020 Humboldt Parkway Voice: 716-896-5200
Buffalo, NY 14211-1293 FAX: 716-897-6723
2,158 specimens; primarily local species; contains the former J. J. Reedy Collection (Niagara University)
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Cornell University, Vertebrate Collections (CUVC)
Section of Ecology and Systematics Contact: Kevin J. McGowan
Cornell University Voice: 607-257-8135
Corson Hall FAX: 607-255-8088
Ithaca, NY 14853-2701 E-mail: kjmz@cornell.edu
17,500 specimens; frozen-tissue collection (200 specimens); additional contact: Charles M. Dardia (e-mail: cmd7@cornell.edu); former collection acronym: CU; ACCREDITED BY ASM (1975)
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Mohonk Preserve, Inc. (MP)
(formerly Mohonk Museum, MM) Contact: Paul C. Huth
Daniel Smiley Research Center Voice: 914-255-5969
1000 Mountain Rest Road
New Platz, NY 12561
200 specimens; local emphasis
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New York State Museum (NYSM)
Mammal Collection, Biological Survey Contact: David W. Steadman
3140 Cultural Education Center Voice: 518-474-5800
Albany, NY 12230 FAX: 518-473-8496
11,200 specimens; regional emphasis (New York); large series of complete skeletons of small mammals; contains collection formerly at St. Bonaventure University (STBU); additional contact: Joseph Bopp (voice: 518-486-2025); ACCREDITED BY ASM (1975)
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State University of New York at Oneonta (SUNYO)
Biology Department Contact: Robert Phillips
State University of New York-Oneonta Voice: 607-436-3344
Oneonta, NY 13820 FAX: 607-436-3646
E-mail: phill:rr@snyoneva.cc.
300 specimens; regional emphasis oneonta.edu
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State University of New York, Roosevelt Wildlife Collection (RWC)
College of Environmental Science and Forestry Contact: Ronald J. Giegerich
State University of New York Voice: 315-470-6763
1 Forestry Drive FAX: 315-470-6934
Syracuse, NY 13210
2,900 specimens; local emphasis; additional contact: Larry W. VanDruff (voice: 315-470-6803)
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The University at Albany (SUCEA)
Department of Biological Sciences Contact: Margaret M. Stewart
State University of New York Voice: 518-442-4348
Albany, NY 12222 FAX: 518-442-4767
300 specimens; regional emphasis (upstate New York)
NORTH CAROLINA
North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences (NCSM)
Mammal Collection Contact: Mary Kay Clark
102 North Salisbury Street Voice: 919-733-7450
Raleigh, NC 27603 FAX: 919-733-1573
8,300 specimens; regional emphasis (North Carolina and southeastern United States); major repository for manatees; specimens from late 1800s; good collection of marine mammals; additional contact: Jeff Beane
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North Carolina State University (NCS)
Department of Zoology Contact: Roger A. Powell
North Carolina State University Voice: 919-515-4561
Raleigh, NC 27695-7617 FAX: 919-515-5327
4,150 specimens; regional emphasis E-mail: newf@ncsu.edu
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University of North Carolina at Wilmington (UNCW)
Vertebrate Collections Contact: W. David Webster
Department of Biological Sciences Voice: 910-395-3756
University of North Carolina at Wilmington FAX: 910-350-4066
Wilmington, NC 28403-3297 E-mail: webste@vxc.ocis.uncwil.edu
4,200 specimens; regional emphasis (North Carolina); frozen-tissue collection (25 specimens; Sorex)
Wake Forest University, Vertebrate Collection (WFUVC)
Department of Biology Contact: (did not respond to survey)
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC 27109
400 specimens at last report (Yates et al., 1987)
NORTH DAKOTA
North Dakota Heritage Center (SHSND)
State Historical Society of North Dakota Contact: C. L. Dill
612 East Boulevard Avenue Voice: 701-328-2666
Bismarck, ND 58505-0830 FAX: 701-328-3710
196 specimens; primarily taxidermy mounts for exhibit; additional contact: Mark J. Halvorson
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North Dakota State University (NDSU)
Department of Zoology Contact: William J. Bleier
North Dakota State University Voice: 701-231-8421
Fargo, ND 58105-5517 FAX: 701-231-7149
2,900 specimens; local emphasis E-mail: bleier@ndsuvml
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Northern Prairie Science Center (NPSC)
(formerly Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Contact: Ron Kirby
Center, NPWRC) Voice: 701-252-5363
National Biological Survey FAX: 701-252-4217
8711 37 Street, SE E-mail: kirbyr@mail.fws.gov
Jamestown, ND 58401
50 specimens; regional emphasis (northern Great Plains)
University of North Dakota, Vertebrate Museum (UND)
Department of Biology Contact: Robert W. Seabloom
University of North Dakota Voice: 701-777-4676
Grand Forks, ND 58202 FAX: 701-777-2623
2,500 specimens at last report (Yates et al., 1987) E-mail: rseabloo@badlands.nodak.edu
OHIO
Cincinnati Museum of Natural History (CMNH)
Frederick and Amey Geier Collections and Research Center Contact: Robert S. Kennedy
1720 Gilbert Avenue Voice: 513-345-8510
Cincinnati, OH 45202-1401 FAX: 513-345-8501
3,300 specimens; mammals of the Ohio Valley; Philippine mammals; frozen-tissue collection (800 specimens); contains collection formerly at the University of Cincinnati (UCIN)
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Cleveland Museum of Natural History (CMNH)
1 Wade Oval Drive Contact: Timothy O. Matson
University Circle Voice: 216-231-4600
Cleveland, OH 44106 FAX: 216-231-5919
15,100 specimens; ACCREDITED BY ASM (1994)
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Dayton Museum of Natural History (DMNH 1)
Biology Collections Contact: Gary A. Coovert
2600 DeWeese Parkway Voice: 513-275-7431, extension 14
Dayton, OH 45414 FAX: 513-275-5811
2,008 specimens; local emphasis
Miami University (MU)
Hefner Zoology Museum Contact: Paul M. Daniel
Department of Zoology Voice: 513-529-4617
Miami University FAX: 513-529-6900
Oxford, OH 45056 E-mail: daniel@msmail.muohio.edu
677 specimens; local emphasis
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Ohio Historical Society, Natural History Synoptic Collection (HCNHSC)
1982 Velma Avenue Contact: Carl Albrecht
Columbus, OH 43211-2497 Voice: 614-297-2609
FAX: 614-297-2411
700 specimens; additional contact: Robert Glotzhober (voice: 614-297-2633)
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Ohio State University, Museum of Biological Diversity (OSUMZ)
1315 Kinnear Road Contact: John M. Condit
Ohio State University Voice: 614-292-0543
Columbus, OH 43212-1192 FAX: 614-292-7774
E-mail: jcondit@magnus.acs.
4,050 specimens; regional emphasis ohio-state.edu
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Ohio University, Vertebrate Collection (OUVC)
Department of Biological Sciences Contact: Scott M. Moody
Ohio University (Irvine 042) Voice: 614-593-2360
Athens, OH 45701-2979 FAX: 614-593-0300
E-mail: moody@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu
1,220 specimens; regional emphasis (southeastern Ohio); frozen-tissue collection (500 specimens)
OKLAHOMA
Cameron University, Museum of Zoology (CUMZ)
Biology Department Contact: Jack D. Tyler
Cameron University Voice: 405-581-2349
Lawton, OK 73505 FAX: 405-581-2421
1,200 specimens; regional emphasis (southeastern Oklahoma and Black Mesa area of Oklahoma)
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East Central University (ECENT) Contact: Larry L. Choate
Department of Biology Voice: 405-332-8000, extension 499
East Central University FAX: 405-332-4616
Ada, OK 74820-6899 E-mail: lchoate@mailclerk.ecok.edu
490 specimens; local emphasis; former collection acronym: ECUM
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Northeastern State University, Biological Collections (NSU)
Science Building Contact: (did not respond to survey)
Northeastern State University
Tahlequah, OK 74464
1,200 specimens at last report (Yates et al., 1987)
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Oklahoma Baptist University, Webster Natural History Museum (WNHM)
500 West University Contact: (did not respond to survey)
Oklahoma Baptist University
Shawnee, OK 74801
400 specimens at last report (Yates et al., 1987)
Oklahoma State University, Collection of Vertebrates (OSU)
Department of Zoology Contact: Anthony A. Echelle
Oklahoma State University Voice: 405-744-9681
Stillwater, OK 74078 FAX: 405-744-7824
12,893 specimens; collection includes one holotype; frozen-tissue collection (2,479 specimens); contains former collection of Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge (WMWR); additional contacts: Geffery Luttrell and Jim Shaw (voice: 405-744-9675; e-mail: shawjh@okway.okstate.edu)
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University of Central Oklahoma, Collection of Vertebrates (UCOCV)
(formerly Central State University, CSUO) Contact: William Caire
Biology Department Voice: 405-341-2980, extension 2722
University of Central Oklahoma FAX: 405-330-3824
Edmond, OK 73034
3,600 specimens; local emphasis
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University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Museum of Natural History (OMNH)
University of Oklahoma Contact: Michael A. Mares
1335 Asp Avenue Voice: 405-325-4712
Norman, OK 73019-0606 FAX: 405-325-7699
32,000 specimens; special strengths in mammals of Oklahoma, Mexico, and South America; additional contact: Janet K. Braun; former collection acronym: OU; ACCREDITED BY ASM (1975 and 1982)
OREGON
Crater Lake National Park Museum Collection (CLNP)
P. O. Box 7 Contact: Mary Benterou
Crater Lake, OR 97604 Voice: 503-594-2211, extension 406 FAX: 503-594-2299
330 specimens; local emphasis (Crater Lake National Park and vicinity)
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Eastern Oregon State College, Vertebrate Museum (EOSCVM)
Badgley Hall Contact: Burr J. Betts
Eastern Oregon State College Voice: 503-962-3330
1410 L Avenue FAX: 503-962-3873
La Grande, OR 97850-2899 E-mail: bbetts@eosc.osshe.edu
749 specimens; regional emphasis (northeastern Oregon); former collection acronym: EOSC
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Oregon State University, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Mammal Collection (OSUFW)
Oregon State University Contact: Bruce Coblentz
Corvallis, OR 97331-3803 Voice: 503-737-1959
FAX: 503-737-3590
E-mail: coblentb@ccmail.orst.edu
11,000 specimens; regional emphasis; contains former Alex Walker Collection; additional contact: Douglas Markle (voice: 503-737-1970; e-mail: markled@ccmail.orst.edu); ACCREDITED BY ASM (1975 and 1979)
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Portland State University, Collection of Vertebrates (PSU)
Department of Biology Contact: Richard Forbes
Portland State University
Portland, OR 97207
2,600 specimens at last report (Yates et al., 1987)
Southern Oregon State College, Museum of Vertebrate Natural History (SOSCMVNH)
Department of Biology Contact: Stephen P. Cross
Southern Oregon State College Voice: 503-552-6749
Ashland, OR 97520 FAX: 503-552-6415
2,575 specimens; regional emphasis E-mail: scross@shasta.sosc.osshe.edu
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University of Oregon, Museum of Natural History (UOMNH)
1224 University of Oregon Contact: Don E. Dumond
Eugene, OR 97403-1224 Voice: 503-346-5101
FAX: 503-346-5122
3,000 specimens; contains collection of Peromyscus flat skins formerly in the Department of Zoology, University of Oregon; additional contact: Pamela Endzweig (voice: 503-346-5120; e-mail: endzweig@ oregon.uoregon.edu)
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Willamette University (WUME)
Department of Biology Contact: (did not respond to survey)
Willamette University
900 State Street
Salem, OR 97301
Number of specimens not reported in prior survey (Yates et al., 1987)
PENNSYLVANIA
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP)
Department of Vertebrate Biology Contact: Curator of Mammals
1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Voice: 215-299-1078
Philadelphia, PA 19103-1195 FAX: 215-299-1028
23,000 specimens; collection includes 195 holotypes; contains historically important series; large mammals of Tibet; African bovids; Neotropical carnivores and primates; includes Wistar Institute and S. N. Rhoads Collections; additional contact: Ted Daeschler (voice: 215-299-1133; e-mail: daeschler@say.acnatsci.org)
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Carnegie Museum of Natural History (CM)
Edward O'Neil Research Center Contact: Duane A. Schlitter
5800 Baum Boulevard Voice: 412-665-2613
Pittsburgh, PA 15206-3706 FAX: 412-665-2751
E-mail: schlitterd@clpgh.org
113,994 specimens; collection includes 31 holotypes; contains many historically important series; large holdings of mammals from northeastern United States, eastern Arctic, Africa, Suriname, and Brazil; includes former Wayne H. Davis Collection; frozen-tissue collection (14,000 specimens); additional contact: Suzanne B. McLaren (voice: 412-665-2615; e-mail: mclarens@clpgh.org); ACCREDITED BY ASM (1975 and 1984)
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Pennsylvania State University (PSU)
School of Forest Resources Bird and Mammal Collection Contact: Richard H. Yahner
Pennsylvania State University Voice: 814-863-3201
University Park, PA 16802 FAX: 814-865-3725
E-mail: rhy@psuvm. psu.edu
2,027 specimens; primarily taxidermy mounts; regional emphasis (Pennsylvania); additional contact: Carolyn G. Mahan (voice: 814-865-1132; e-mail: cgm2@psuvm.psu.edu)
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Reading Public Museum (RPM)
500 Museum Road Contact: Michael A. Feyers
Reading, PA 19611-1425 Voice: 610-320-8290
3,377 specimens; collection includes one holotype FAX: 610-371-5632
Shippensburg University, Vertebrate Museum (SUVM)
1871 Old Main Drive Contact: Gordon L. Kirkland, Jr.
Shippensburg University Voice: 717-532-1407
Shippensburg, PA 17257 FAX: 717-530-4009
E-mail: glkirk@ark.ship.edu
26,500 specimens; important collections from Adirondack Mountains (New York), Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Utah, and Virginia; good series of soricids; additional contact: James A. Hart (voice: 717-532-1145); ACCREDITED BY ASM (1977 and 1987)
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State Museum of Pennsylvania (WPMM)
William Penn Memorial Building Contact: Albert G. Mehring
P. O. Box 1026 Voice: 717-783-9901
Harrisburg, PA 17108-1026 FAX: 717-783-1073
1,088 specimens; regional emphasis (Pennsylvania)
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Wagner Free Institute of Science (WFIS)
Museum of the Wagner Free Institute of Science Contact: Eugene A. Bolt, Jr.
1700 West Montgomery Avenue Voice: 215-763-6529
Philadelphia, PA 19121-3227 FAX: 215-763-1299
E-mail: eaboltjr@dolphin.upenn.edu
200 specimens; the Joseph Leidy “Systematics Collection” (1889) is a National Historic Landmark
PUERTO RICO
University of Puerto Rico (PRICO)
Department of Biology Contact: (did not respond to survey)
University of Puerto Rico
Mayaguez, PR 00708
206 specimens at last report (Yates et al., 1987)
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University of Puerto Rico, Caribbean Primate Research Center Museum (CPRC)
Medical Sciences Campus Contact: Jean Turnquist
University of Puerto Rico Voice: 809-753-8656
San Juan, PR 00936-5067 FAX: 809-767-0788
3,100 specimens; exclusively primates; skeletons of Macaca mulatta from Cayo Santiago; includes Cayo Santiago skeleton collection from Northwestern University; additional contact: Nancy Hong
RHODE ISLAND
Roger Williams Park Museum of Natural History (RWPM)
(formerly Park Museum, PMRI) Contact: Marilyn R. Massaro
Roger Williams Park Voice: 401-785-9451
Providence, RI 02905 FAX: 401-941-5920
200 specimens; local emphasis
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University of Rhode Island, Mammal Collection (URIMC)
Department of Natural Resources Science Contact: Peter August
University of Rhode Island Voice: 401-792-4794
Kingston, RI 02881 FAX: 401-792-4561
1,469 specimens; regional emphasis (Rhode Island) E-mail: pete@edcserv.edc.uri.edu
SOUTH CAROLINA
Charleston Museum (CHM)
121 Rutledge Avenue Contact: (did not respond to survey)
Charleston, SC 29401
1,425 specimens (including three holotypes) at last report (Yates et al., 1987)
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Clemson University, Vertebrate Collections (CUSC)
132 Long Hall Contact: Stanlee Miller
Clemson University Voice: 803-656-3456
Clemson, SC 29634-1903 FAX: 803-656-0435
2,653 specimens; local emphasis; ACCREDITED BY ASM (1986)
SOUTH DAKOTA
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