SUNY Plattsburgh Taxidermy Collection 2010 Inventory

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SUNY Plattsburgh Taxidermy Collection 2010
Inventory
Jason Klein
SUNY Plattsburgh
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SUNY Plattsburgh Taxidermy Collection 2010 Inventory
Jason Klein
SUNY Plattsburgh, Center for Earth and Environmental Science
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Danielle Garneau
ORDER CARNIVORA
OVERVIEW OF COLLECTIONS
ORDER LAGOMORPHA
Impetus for Inventory: During Hudson renovations 10 cabinets were found
which contained a valuable collection of specimens ranging from invertebrate
shells to endangered bird eggs, and local mammals. The focus of our research
has been to preserve, organize, and prepare an inventory of mammal
specimens to be catalogued in the Biocollections program in Specify6
(University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS) in the future. Specify6 is a data
processing program used in museum and herbarium research.
The majority of mammal museum preparation specimens were collected by
prior SUNY Plattsburgh faculty, specifically Dr. Phil Walker, Dr. Harold Klein, as
well as Biology students (dating back to 1960s). Additionally, several animal
preparations were completed by students in wildlife-related courses as a
taxidermy exercise, similar to the museum preparation lab in Wildlife Ecology
and Management (ENV 430).
Fig. 7. Striped skunk specimens.
Fig. 8. Gray and red fox in the collection.
Fig. 17. Frontal view of Eastern cottontail.
Fig. 18. Full length of a Snowshoe hare.
Mammals: faculty curator (Danielle Garneau)
Fish: faculty curator (Timothy Mihuc)
Birds: faculty curator (Christopher Martine)
Eggs: faculty curator (Neil Buckley)
Shells: faculty curator (Timothy Mihuc)
OVERALL GOALS OF THE COLLECTION
•  Potential to use museum specimens to develop a general Ecology lab (ENV/
BIO 304).
•  Sample hair and tissue for DNA extraction
and molecular research in Wildlife Ecology
and Management (ENV 430) (Fig.1).
Fig. 9. Relative abundance in the Order Carnivora .
ORDER CHIROPTERA
Fig. 19. Relative abundance in the Order Lagomorpha.
ORDER RODENTIA
•  Freshwater and River Ecology (ENV 431)
(ENV 433) identification labs.
•  Diversity survey labs and Vertebrate Zoology
Fig. 1. Agarose gel of DNA extractions of
(BIO 209) & Biology 102 (BIO 102).
hair and tissue from museum collection
using Qiagen DNeasy spin columns.
•  Local school children learn from the
specimens in the Summer Safari program.
•  Herbarium preparations in Field Botany (Bio 435) (Figs. 2, 3).
Fig. 2. BIO 345 Herbarium Day.
Fig.12. A big brown bat from cabinet A.
Fig. 11. Eastern pipistrelle.
Fig. 20. Red-backed voles in the collection.
Fig. 21. Deer and white-footed mice.
Fig. 3. BIO 345 Herbarium Day.
MAMMALIAN ORDERS REPRESENTED IN THE COLLECTION
Fig. 13. Relative abundance in the Order Chiroptera.
ORDER INSECTIVORA
Fig. 4. Collection of red squirrels in a
cabinet.
Fig. 22. Relative abundance in the Order Rodentia.
OTHER COLLECTIONS
Fig. 5. A variety of species from the
collection.
Fig. 14. Star-nose and hairy-tailed moles.
Fig. 23. Fish collections used in ENV 431.
Fig. 24. An overview of bird cabinets.
Fig. 26. A common tern from the bird
collection.
Fig. 27. Various plant species from the
greenhouse.
Figure 15: Star-nose mole.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Fig. 6. Mammalian Orders in the collection.
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Figure 16: Relative abundance in the Order Insectivora.
Dr. Danielle Garneau, Center for Earth and Environmental Science
Dr. Christopher Martine, Department of Biology
Dr. Kenneth Adams, Center for Earth and Environmental Science
Dr. Timothy Mihuc, Center for Earth and Environmental Science, LCRI director
Species Abundance in Carnivora Order
7%
23%
Short-tailed weasel
23%
Long-tailed weasel
Otter
Red fox
Gray fox
Striped skunk
Fisher
Raccoon
20%
7%
Black bear
7%
3%
7%
3%
Species Abundance in Rodentia Order
1%
White-footed mouse
4%
Red backed vole
10%
Meadow jumping mouse
5%
13%
2%
Deer mouse
House mouse
Hispid cotton rat
Meadow vole
8%
16%
6%
18%
1%
Flying Squirrel
Eastern/Common Chipmunk
Gray squirrel
Muskrat
1%
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Southern bog lemming
Red Squirrel
4%
1%
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Woodland jumping mouse
Norway rat
7%
0%
2%
Woodchuck
Species Abundance in Lagomorpha Order
2%
41%
Eastern cottontail
Snowshoe hare
New England cottontail
57%
Species Abundance in Insectivora Order
12%
4%
Short-tailed shrew
Hairy-tailed mole
Star-nosed mole
84%
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Species Abundance in Carnivora Order
7%
23%
Short-tailed weasel
23%
Long-tailed weasel
Otter
Red fox
Gray fox
Striped skunk
Fisher
Raccoon
20%
7%
Black bear
7%
3%
7%
3%
Species Abundance in Chiroptera Order
11%
11%
big brown bat
22%
little brown bat
Silver-haired Bat
Eastern Pipistrelle
Small-footed Bat
6%
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50%