Description
A checklist of 11000, mammalian specimen records was published on GBIF. The resulting occurrence dataset provides 10965 (not 11000,due to duplication of accession numbers) records of when and where the specimens were collected. However the data may not be complete in some areas as there are no records for some of the variables. Taxonomic, collection methods and other attributes of this data are documented fully on the checklist. Please refer to our checklist publication on GBIF for this data.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 10,965 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Maponga T.S, Mkhwananzi K.G, Sibanda M, Rukuni P, (2018): Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe Mammalogy Occurence Dataset. v1.3. Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe. Dataset/Occurrence. http://www.nhmbyo.co.zw/ipt/resource?r=mammalogy_occurence_datasets&v=1.3
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is GBIF Secretariat. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 27cc0fb9-d01b-476e-8caa-f34ba3a00740. GBIF Secretariat publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Secretariat.
Keywords
Occurrence; locality; Occurrence
Contacts
- Principal Investigator
- Assistant Curator of Mammals
- Metadata Provider
- Curatorial assistant
- Metadata Provider
- Curatorial Assistant
- Metadata Provider
- Student
- Custodian Steward ●
- Point Of Contact
- Regional Director
- 002639250045
- Principal Investigator
Geographic Coverage
Data was collected predominantly from Southern Africa. Localities have been defined up to city or town level. However specific localities are available on request. Maps for different species will also be made available on our Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe website (http://naturalhistorymuseumzimbabwe.com/).
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180] |
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Temporal Coverage
| Formation Period | 1907-2005 |
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Project Data
No Description available
| Title | Making the zoology collection at the Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe accessible through GBIF by end of 2017 |
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| Identifier | BID-AF2015-0117-SMA |
The personnel involved in the project:
- Principal Investigator
- Content Provider
- Content Provider
Sampling Methods
Similar to our checklist dataset, data was converted from analogue and digitized on excel. This data was then curated using open refine and georeferenced using predominantly geolocate and google maps. Gazetteers and historical maps were also used to verify localities.
| Study Extent | Specimens were collected predominatly from Southern Africa. They were mainly collected between the early 1900s and early 2000s. |
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Method step description:
- The checklist dataset provides a detailed description of the specific methods used to extract and publish the dataset. However more information will be uploaded in due course.
Additional Metadata
On the eventDate column we would like to make our data users aware that the date, 1900/01/00, is a value to show that there was no date provided for the specimen. Therefore this is not the real date but in this case a synonym for absent date.
| Alternative Identifiers | https://ipt.gbif.org/resource?r=test-marie-99999 |
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