Catalog of specimens deposited in the Laboratorio-Museo de Zoología Gustavo Orcés at Universidad Central del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador. Part 1: Mammals
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Biogeography, Cuniculus tackzanowskii, elevation record, natural history collections, Nephelomys nimbosusAbstract
Natural history collections are an important source of data for a wide range of studies, including geographic distribution changes (spatial or elevational), extinctions, biological invasions, endangered species, evolutionary processes (morphometrics and genetics), anatomical comparisons, etc. One of the less known natural history collections from Ecuador is the Laboratorio-Museo de Zoología Gustavo Orcés (LMGO), located on the sixth floor of the Facultad de Filosofía, Letras y Ciencias de la Educación at Universidad Central del Ecuador. The main objective of this paper was to catalog and identify all the mammal species deposited in LMGO, as well as analyzing the extent geographic records for two species. We compiled all the information found on the original labels of each specimen. We used several field guides to identify the specimens. Likewise, each of the localities found for all species were represented on a map. LMGO holds 14 mammalian orders, 38 families, 71 genus, 94 species, and 203 specimens. Of the 94 species, there are 87 native species (two endemics and one domesticated), in addition to two exotic species, two invasive, and three domestic introduced species. Our analysis provided remarkable records for two species, Nephelomys nimbosus and Cuniculus tackzanowskii, a conclusion based on a review of all records available in the literature or in digital biorepositories for those species. The Universidad Central del Ecuador has other natural history collections, that have never been reviewed formally. We suggest a revision of these collections with the objective of finding other noteworthy records for rare or endangered mammals.
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