University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Anthropology, Biological (UWAC-Biological)

The Department of Anthropology curates more than 1,000,000 archaeological artifacts, biological anthropological specimens, ethnographic objects, and related archives such as photographs, slides, paper documents, maps, and film.

Contact: Elizabeth Leith (ealeith@wisc.edu)

Home Page: https://www.anthropology.wisc.edu/collections/

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens

Management: Data snapshot of local collection database

Last Update: 24 June 2020

Digital Metadata: EML File

Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Collection Statistics

3,607 occurrence
0 georeferenced
3,166 (88%) identified to species
26 families
26 genera
21 species
21 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Family Distribution

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Aotidae (3)
Atelidae (3)
Callitrichidae (4)
Canidae (1)
Castoridae (2)
Cebidae (11)
Cercopithecidae (54)
Cervidae (2)
Cheirogaleidae (2)
Daubentoniidae (2)
Felidae (1)
Hominidae (3444)
Hylobatidae (6)
Indriidae (4)
Lemuridae (2)
Lorisidae (3)
Oligopithecidae (3)
Parapithecidae (4)
Plesiopithecidae (1)
Proconsulidae (2)
Procyonidae (3)
Propliopithecidae (8)
Proteopithecidae (1)
Tarsiidae (2)
Tupaiidae (2)
Ursidae (2)