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
Mustafa Haikal
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Vane-Wright, Richard I.
Lorenzo Vanni
Li-chuan Tai
Concepts
Natural history
Biological specimens
Scientific expeditions
Collectors and collecting
Mammalogy
Specimens
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
20th century
21st century
20th century, early
17th century
Places
Australia
Antarctica
Pisa (Italy)
Galapagos Islands
England
Edinburgh
Institutions
Museo di Storia Naturale dell'Università di Pisa
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Wernerian Natural History Society
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
East India Company (English)
Università di Pisa
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