Museum of Southwestern Biology

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Museum of Southwestern Biology
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Established1938
LocationUniversity of New Mexico
TypeScience museum
Collection size4,000,000+ specimens
Visitorsby appointment or at annual open-collections event
DirectorChristopher Witt
CuratorHoward L. Snell, PhD (Amphibians and Reptiles),
Kelly B. Miller, PhD (Arthropods),
Christopher C. Witt (Birds),
Thomas F. Turner, PhD (Fishes),
Michael Anderson (Genomic Resources),
Timothy K. Lowrey (Herbarium),
Joseph Cook (Mammals),
Eric S. Loker, PhD (Parasites)
WebsiteMuseum of Southwestern Biology Home Page

The Museum of Southwestern Biology (MSB) is a research and teaching facility in the Department of Biology of the University of New Mexico (UNM).[1][2] The museum's collections include vascular plants, invertebrates and vertebrates from the American West, Central and South America, and from throughout the world. It is open to visitors by appointment.

The Museum was said in 1997 to hold the largest collection of frozen tissue samples (85,000) in the western hemisphere and has assisted in the study of emerging zoonotic pathogens such as the Hantavirus and the Lassa virus.[3][2]

Divisions[]

Amphibians and Reptiles[]

Arthropods[]

Birds[]

Fishes[]

Genomic Resources[]

Herbarium[]

Mammals[]

Significant Holdings[]

Holotypes[]

Parasites[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Museum of Southwestern Biology website". Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Boyle, Anne (24 August 1997). "Museum key player in solving nature's mysteries N.M. facility a storehouse of plants, animals". The Denver Post.
  3. ^ Yates, TL, et al. 2002. The econology and evolutionary history of an emergent disease: Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. BioScience 52: 989-998. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1641/0006-3568(2002)052[0989:TEAEHO]2.0.CO;2

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