Description
The mammal collection of the Museo de Zoología, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja (MUTPL-M) consists of more than 1100 specimens (at the end of 2024) corresponding to 188 species, grouped into 93 genera, 26 families, and 10 orders. The specimens in the collection are preserved as dried skins, skeletons, and whole specimens preserved in alcohol. The vast majority of the collection is made up of small mammals, mainly bats, cricetid rodents and opossums, with a small representation of medium and large mammals. Most of the specimens are from the provinces of Azuay, El Oro, Loja and Zamora Chinchipe, in southern Ecuador.
La colección de mamíferos del Museo de Zoología, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja (MUTPL-M) consta de más de 1100 especímenes (al cierre de 2024) correspondientes a 188 especies, agrupadas en 93 géneros, 26 familias y 10 órdenes. Los especímenes de la colección se conservan como pieles secas, esqueletos y especímenes enteros conservados en alcohol. La gran mayoría de la colección está compuesta por pequeños mamíferos, principalmente murciélagos, roedores cricétidos y zarigüeyas, con una pequeña representación de mamíferos medianos y grandes. La mayoría de los ejemplares son de las provincias de Azuay, El Oro, Loja y Zamora Chinchipe, en el sur de Ecuador.
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 1,156 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:
Romero V (2025). MUTPL Mammal Collection. Version 2.0. Museo de Zoología, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja. Occurrence dataset. https://doi.org/10.60545/6mn5v1
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Museo de Zoología, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: f57dd6be-0b78-42c4-9758-d4e4960a3b8c. Museo de Zoología, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Ecuador.
Keywords
Occurrence; Mammalia; Chiroptera; Didelphimorphia; Rodentia; Ecuador; Occurrence; Specimen
Contacts
- Metadata Provider ●
- Originator ●
- Point Of Contact
- Curator
- San Cayetano Alto, Calle Paris s/n
- + 593 (7) 370 1444 ext. 3089
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1875-5906
- Point Of Contact
- Responsable del museo
- San Cayetano Alto, Calle Paris s/n
- + 593 (7) 370 1444 ext. 3089
Geographic Coverage
Ecuador, but most of the specimens are from southern Ecuador, from Azuay, El Oro, Loja, Morona Santiago and Zamora Chinchipe provinces.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-5.135, -81.035], North East [1.67, -75.015] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Mammal specimens, mostly from Southern Ecuador, generally identified at species levels.
| Class | Mammalia (mammals) |
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| Order | Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates), Carnivora, Chiroptera (bats), Cingulata (armadillos), Didelphimorphia (opossums), Eulipotyphla, Lagomorpha, Paucituberculata, Pilosa, Rodentia (rodents) |
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2005-10-09 / 2025-03-12 |
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Project Data
No Description available
| Title | MUTPL-M |
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The personnel involved in the project:
Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | 10.60545/6mn5v1 |
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| f57dd6be-0b78-42c4-9758-d4e4960a3b8c | |
| http://patrimonio.ambiente.gob.ec/iptmae/resource?r=mutpl-m |