Mammal Collections in the Western Hemisphere a survey and Directory of Existing Collections

2304 West Madison Contact: (did not respond to survey)

Sioux Falls, SD 57102

55 specimens at last report (Yates et al., 1987)

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Pettigrew Museum (PMSD)

Sioux Falls, SD 57102 Contact: (did not respond to survey)

200 West 6th Street Contact: (did not respond to survey)

Sioux Falls, SD 57102

125 specimens at last report (Yates et al., 1987)

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W. H. Over State Museum (USDAK)

414 East Clark Street Contact: Cleo Kosters

Vermillion, SD 57069 Voice: 605-677-5228

100 specimens; exclusively taxidermy mounts; local emphasis

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South Dakota State University (SDAKS)

Mammalogy Teaching Collection Contact: Keith Morrill

Department of Biology and Microbiology Voice: 605-688-4555

South Dakota State University

Brookings, SD 57007

1,850 specimens; primarily taxidermy mounts; local emphasis

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University of South Dakota (USD)

Natural History Collection Contact: Curator of Mammals

Department of Biology Voice: 605-677-6567

Vermillion, SD 57069 FAX: 605-677-6557

633 South Berry Pines Road Contact: Nathaniel R. Whitney

Rapid City, SD 57702 Voice: 605-343-2401

310 specimens; local emphasis

Wind Cave National Park (WICA)

Route 1, Box 190-WCNP Contact: Ron Terry

Hot Springs, SD 57747 Voice: 605-745-4600

70 specimens; local emphasis FAX: 605-745-4207

TENNESSEE

107 Park Headquarters Road Contact: Kathleen L. Manscill

Gatlinburg, TN 37738 Voice: 615-436-1295

FAX: 615-436-1220

Ellington Agricultural Center Contact: Dave Woodward

P. O. Box 40747 Voice: 615-781-6502

Nashville, TN 37204 FAX: 615-741-4606

Department of Biology Contact: Michael L. Kennedy

University of Memphis Voice: 901-678-2581

Memphis, TN 38152

Department of Zoology Contact: Gary McCracken

University of Tennessee Voice: 615-974-6041

Knoxville, TN 37916 FAX: 615-974-0978

TEXAS

Department of Biology Contact: Thomas E. Lee, Jr.

Abilene Christian University Voice: 915-674-2574

Abilene, TX 79699 FAX: 915-674-2009

E-mail: leet@nicanor.acu.edu

220 specimens; local emphasis; frozen-tissue collection (150 specimens)

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Angelo State Natural History Collection (ASNHC)

Department of Biology Contact: Robert C. Dowler

Angelo State University Voice: 915-942-2189

San Angelo, TX 76909 FAX: 915-942-2229

E-mail: robert.dowler@mailserv.

angelo.edu

Department of Biology Contact: Steven Goldsmith

Austin College Voice: 903-813-2204

Sherman, TX 75090 E-mail: sgoldsmith@ausing.edu

George W. Carroll Mammal Collection Contact: (did not respond to survey)

Baylor University

Waco, TX 76798

3535 Grand Avenue (Fair Park) Contact: Alex W. Barker

Dallas, TX 75226 Voice: 214-421-3466

FAX: 214-428-4356

E-mail: abarker@sun.cis.smu.edu

580 specimens; primarily taxidermy mounts; regional emphasis; includes Herb Klein Collection of trophy mounts and collection formerly at Southern Methodist University (SMU); additional contact: Gail Manning (voice: 214-421-3466, extension 232); ACCREDITED BY ASM (1980)

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Davis Mountains State Park (DMSP)

Davis Mountains State Park Interpretive Center Contact: (did not respond to survey)

Box 786

Fort Davis, TX 79734

Fort Worth Museum of Science and History Collections Contact: (did not respond to survey)

1501 Montgomery Street

Fort Worth, TX 76107

Department of Biology Contact: Allan J. Landwer

Drawer N, HSU Station Voice: 915-670-1502

Hardin-Simmons University FAX: 915-670-1390

Abilene, TX 79698 E-mail: alandwer@aol.com

331 specimens; regional emphasis (primarily Taylor, Jones, and Callahan counties, Texas); former collection acronym: HSIMU

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Midwestern State University (MWSU)

Collection of Recent Mammals Contact: Frederick B. Stangl, Jr.

Department of Biology Voice: 817-689-4408

Midwestern State University FAX: 817-689-4442

Wichita Falls, TX 76308 E-mail: stanglf@nexus.mwsu.edu

20,020 specimens; regional emphasis (primarily Trans-Pecos, Panhandle, and northcentral regions of Texas); ACCREDITED BY ASM (1975 and 1988)
Pan American University, Mammal Collection (PAUMC)

Department of Biology Contact: (did not respond to survey)

Pan American University

Edinburg, TX 78539

Natural History Collections Contact: A. J. Taylor

Box 967, WT Station Voice: 806-656-2259

Canyon, TX 79016

Department of Biological Sciences Contact: Monte Thies

Sam Houston State University Voice: 409-294-3746

Huntsville, TX 77341 FAX: 409-294-3822

Vertebrate Collection Contact: Curator of Mammals

Department of Biology Voice: 915-837-8112

Sul Ross State University FAX: 915-837-8046

Alpine, TX 79832

2,797 specimens; regional emphasis

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Tarleton State University, Tarleton State Collection (TSC)

Department of Biological Science Contact: Philip D. Sudman

Tarleton State University Voice: 817-968-9154

Stephenville, TX 76402 FAX: 817-968-9157

Texas A&I University Contact: (did not respond to survey)

Box 158

Kingsville, TX 78363

Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences Contact: Rodney L. Honeycutt

Texas A&M University Voice: 409-847-9462

College Station, TX 77843 FAX: 409-845-4096

E-mail: rhoneycutt@tamu.edu

56,500 specimens; collection includes 39 holotypes; major emphases in mammals of Texas, Mexico, and Central America; frozen-tissue collection (5,000 specimens); includes former collection of University of North Texas (NTSU—formerly North Texas State University); additional contact: George D. Baumgardner (voice: 409-845-5783; FAX: 409-845-5786; e-mail: g-baumgardner@tamu.edu); ACCREDITED BY ASM (1975 and 1984)

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Texas Tech University, Museum of Texas Tech University (TTU)

Natural Science Research Laboratory Contact: Robert J. Baker

Texas Tech University Voice: 806-742-2485

Box 43191 FAX: 806-742-1136

Lubbock, TX 79409-3191 E-mail: bjrjb@ttacs.ttu.edu

70,000 specimens; collection includes 13 holotypes; noteworthy holdings of southwestern rodents and Neotropical bats; Chernobyl specimens; frozen-tissue collection (50,000 specimens); additional contact: Richard Monk (voice: 806-742-2486); home page: www.nsrl.ttu.edu; ACCREDITED BY ASM (1975 and 1983)

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Texas Wesleyan College, Museum of Zoology (TWC)

Texas Wesleyan College Contact: (did not respond to survey)

Fort Worth, TX 76105

429 specimens at last report (Yates et al., 1987)

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University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (UMHB)

Collection of Mammals Contact: (did not respond to survey)

Department of Biology

University of Mary Hardin-Baylor

Belton, TX 76513

415 specimens at last report (Yates et al., 1987)

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University of Texas at Arlington (UTA)

Collection of Vertebrates Contact: J. A. Campbell

Department of Biology Voice: 817-273-2406

University of Texas FAX: 817-273-2855

Arlington, TX 76019 E-mail: campbell@albert.uta.edu

2,500 specimens; regional emphasis; former collection acronym: UTACV

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University of Texas at Austin, Laboratory of Physical Anthropology (UTLPA)

Department of Anthropology Contact: Liza Shapiro

University of Texas Voice: 512-471-7533

Austin, TX 78712-1086 FAX: 512-471-6535

E-mail: liza.shapiro@mail.utexas.edu

270 specimens; important skeleton collection of Papio; additional contacts: Claud Bramblett and John Kappelman (voice: 512-471-4206)

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University of Texas at Austin, Texas Natural History Collection (TNHC)

University of Texas Contact: Carol K. Malcolm

2400 Trinity Street Voice: 512-471-8845

Austin, TX 78705 FAX: 512-471-9775

E-mail: cmalcolm@utxvms.cc.utexas.edu

8,000 specimens; regional emphasis (Texas); ACCREDITED BY ASM (1976)

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University of Texas at Austin, Vertebrate Paleontology Lab (TMM)

J. J. Pickle Research Campus Contact: Ernest Lundelius

University of Texas Voice: 512-471-6087

Austin, TX 78712 FAX: 512-471-5973

E-mail: mcwinans@bongo.cc.utexas.edu

7,200 specimens; emphasis on skeletal material; regional emphasis (Texas); Australian marsupials; additional contact: Melissa C. Winans


University of Texas at El Paso, Centennial Museum (UTEP)

Mammal Division Contact: Arthur H. Harris

Laboratory for Environmental Biology Voice: 915-747-6985 or 747-6835

University of Texas FAX: 915-747-5808

El Paso, TX 79968-0519 E-mail: ai01%utep@utepvm.ep.utep.edu

8,407 specimens; emphasis on mammals of southwestern United States; ACCREDITED BY ASM (1977)

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Wayland University (WU)

Llano Estacado Museum Contact: (did not respond to survey)

Plainview, TX 79072

1,125 specimens at last report (Yates et al., 1987)

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Welder Wildlife Foundation (WWF)

P. O. Box 1400 Contact: Selma Glasscock

Sinton, TX 78387 Voice: 512-364-2643

1,060 specimens; regional emphasis (southern Texas) FAX: 512-364-2650

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West Texas A&M University Natural History Collection (WTSU)

Department of Biology and Geosciences Contact: Kathleen Blair

West Texas A&M University Voice: 806-656-2568

Canyon, TX 79016 FAX: 806-656-2928

San Antonio Museum Association Contact: (did not respond to survey)

P. O. Box 2601

San Antonio, TX 78299

UTAH

Brigham Young University Contact: Duke S. Rogers

Provo, UT 84602-0200 Voice: 801-378-5491

FAX: 801-378-3733

E-mail: rogersd@acd1.byu

15,500 specimens; collection emphasizes mammals of Utah and Nevada (especially Nevada test site); includes collection formerly at Utah State University (USU); frozen-tissue collection (2,800 specimens); additional contact: H. Duane Smith (e-mail: duane@museum.byu.edu); ACCREDITED BY ASM (1991)

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Bryce Canyon National Park (BCNP)

National Park Service Museum Collections Contact: (did not respond to survey)

Bryce Canyon, UT 84717

150 specimens at last report (Yates et al., 1987)

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Cedar Breaks National Monument (CBNM)

Biological Collections Contact: (did not respond to survey)

P. O. Box 749

Cedar City, UT 84720

Natural History Collections Contact: (did not respond to survey)

235 East Main

Vernal, UT 84078

Natural Sciences Contact: Andrew H. Barnum

Dixie College Voice: 801-652-7771

St. George, UT 84770 E-mail: barnum@cc.dixie.edu

Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Park, and Contact: Vicki B. Webster

Natural Bridges National Monument Collections Voice: 801-259-3911, extension 2136

Southeast Utah Group FAX: 801-259-8628

2282 S. West Resource Boulevard

Moab, UT 84532-8000

RR 3, Box 200 Contact: Rodney D. Horrocks

American Fork, UT 84003 Voice: 801-756-5239

FAX: 801-756-5661

University of Utah Contact: Eric A. Rickart

Salt Lake City, UT 84112 Voice: 801-581-6927

FAX: 801-585-3684

E-mail: rickart@geode.umnh.utah.edu

29,400 specimens; collection includes 40 holotypes; emphasis on intermountain west, particularly Utah; includes former Environmental Laboratory and Dugway Proving Grounds collections; former collection acronym: UU; ACCREDITED BY ASM (1975 and 1993)

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Utah Field House of Natural History State Park (UFHNH)

235 East Main Contact: Sue Ann Bilbey

Vernal, UT 84078 Voice: 801-789-3799

FAX: 801-789-4883

(formerly Weber State College, WEBSC) Contact: Samuel I. Zeveloff

Department of Zoology Voice: 801-626-6655

Weber State University FAX: 801-626-7445

Ogden, UT 84408-2505 E-mail: szevelof@scinet.weber.edu

2,042 specimens; local emphasis; additional contact: Ron Meyers (voice: 801-626-6170)

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Zion National Park (ZNP)

Zion National Park Museum Collection Contact: Denny Davies

Springdale, UT 84767-1099 Voice: 801-772-3256

230 specimens; local emphasis FAX: 801-772-3426

VERMONT

Main and Prospect Streets Contact: Howard B. Reed, Jr.

St. Johnsbury, VT 05819 Voice: 802-748-2372

FAX: 802-748-3347

Department of Science Contact: Donald H. Miller

Lyndon State College Voice: 802-626-9371, extension 246

Lyndonville, VT 05851 E-mail: millerd@queen.lsc.vsc.edu

P. O. Box 770 Contact: Joan Waltermire

Norwich, VT 05055 Voice: 802-649-2200

FAX: 802-649-3637

E-mail: linda.levin@valley.net

Size of collection not reported (collection currently in storage)

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University of Vermont, Zadock Thompson Natural History Collections (ZTNH)

Department of Zoology Contact: C. William Kilpatrick

University of Vermont Voice: 802-656-0453

Burlington, VT 05405-0086 FAX: 802-656-2914

E-mail: wkilpatr@moose.uvm.edu

9,000 specimens; frozen-tissue collection (7,500 specimens); includes Harold B. Hitchcock Collection and Monshire Museum Collection (part); former acronym: UVMZ

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Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department (VFWD)

Addison Collection Contact: John Campbell

Dead Creek Refuge Voice: 802-759-2398

RD 1, Box 1175

Vergennes, VT 05491

225 specimens; local emphasis; additional contact: Tom Myers (voice: 802-878-1564; FAX: 802-879-3871)

VIRGINIA

Mammal Collection Contact: John F. Pagels

Department of Biology Voice: 804-828-1562

Virginia Commonwealth University FAX: 804-828-0503

Richmond, VA 23284-2012

11,600 specimens; local emphasis (small mammals of the mid-Atlantic region)

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Virginia Museum of Natural History (VMNH)

1001 Douglas Avenue Contact: Nancy D. Moncrief

Martinsville, VA 24112 Voice: 540-666-8614

FAX: 540-632-6487

E-mail: moncrief@amazon.evsc.virginia.edu

1,584 specimens; frozen-tissue collection (1,000 specimens)
Virginia Polytechnic University, Mammal Museum (VPIMM)

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Contact: (did not respond to survey)

Biology Department

Blacksburg, VA 24061

WASHINGTON

Osteological Collection Contact: Bob DeLong

7600 Sand Point Way NE Voice: 206-526-4038

Seattle, WA 98115 FAX: 206-526-6615

E-mail: delong@afsc.noaa.gov

1,709 specimens; collection emphasizes marine mammals of the northern Pacific; includes the former John G. Sinclair Collection; additional contact: James R. Thomason (voice: 206-526-6681; FAX: 206-526-6615; e-mail: thomason@afsc.noaa.gov); former collection acronym: NMFS

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Olympic National Park (ONP)

600 East Park Avenue Contact: Susan Schultz

Port Angeles, WA 98362 Voice: 360-452-4501

100 specimens; regional emphasis (Olympic Peninsula, Washington)

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University of Puget Sound, James R. Slater Museum of Natural History (PSM)

University of Puget Sound Contact: Dennis R. Paulson

Tacoma, WA 98416-0360 Voice: 206-756-3798

E-mail: dpaulson@ups.edu

DB-10, University of Washington Contact: G. J. Kenagy

Seattle, WA 98195 Voice: 206-616-1781

FAX: 206-685-3039

E-mail: kenagy@u.washington.edu

40,000 specimens; collection includes one holotype; emphasis on northwestern North America; includes former E. S. Booth Collection (BC) and Walla Walla College Collection (WWC); frozen-tissue collection (1,500 specimens); additional contact: John Rozdilsky (voice: 206-685-7417; e-mail: jrozdil@u.washington.edu); former collection acronym: UW-WSM; ACCREDITED BY ASM (1975)

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Washington Game Department (WGD)

600 North Capitol Way Contact: (did not respond to survey)

Olympia, WA 98501

200 specimens at last report (Yates et al., 1987)

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Washington State University, Charles R. Conner Museum (CRCM)

Washington State University Contact: Richard E. Johnson

Pullman, WA 99164-4236 Voice: 509-335-1977 or 335-3553

FAX: 509-335-3517

Biology Department Contact: Charles M. Drabek

Whitman College Voice: 509-527-5227

Walla Walla, WA 99362 FAX: 509-527-5904

WEST VIRGINIA