Article ID: CBB001202220

Squirrels from the Mariana Islands (south-western Pacific) in the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, with Notes on the Mammalian Fauna of this Micronesian Archipelago (2014)

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Two mounted skins of squirrels allegedly originating from the Mariana islands, Micronesia (south western Pacific Ocean) are held in the collections of the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden. They may have been collected in the course of a French scientific expedition, commanded by Louis-Claude De Saulses de Freycinet, in 1819. This paper discusses the identifies of the two specimens, their place in the list of mammals recorded from the Mariana Islands, and reflects on the origins of the Mariana Islands' mammalian fauna.

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Authors & Contributors
Matthew Fishburn
Grigson, Caroline
Howes, Hilary S.
MacGregor, Arthur G.
Mearns, Richard
Sankey, Margaret
Journals
Archives of Natural History
Historical Records of Australian Science
Intellectual History Review
Journal of the History of Biology
Publishers
Reaktion Books
Tectum Verlag
University of Alabama Press
University of California Press
University of Chicago Press
Concepts
Natural history
Biological specimens
Collectors and collecting
Scientific expeditions
Travel; exploration
Zoology
People
Baudin, Nicolas
Finsch, Otto
Gould, John
Gundlach, Johann Christoph
McCormick, Robert M.
Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
20th century
17th century
20th century, early
21st century
Places
Great Britain
Australia
United States
India
Ireland
China
Institutions
Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology
Università di Pisa
East India Company (English)
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Museo di Storia Naturale dell'Università di Pisa
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