Museum of Southwestern Biology facts for kids
| Established | 1938 |
|---|---|
| Location | University of New Mexico |
| Type | Science museum |
| Collection size | 4,000,000+ specimens |
| Visitors | by appointment or at annual open-collections event |
| Established | 1938 |
|---|---|
| Location | University of New Mexico |
| Type | Science museum |
| Collection size | 4,000,000+ specimens |
| Visitors | by appointment or at annual open-collections event |
| Director | Christopher Witt |
| Curator | Lisa N. Barrow, PhD (Amphibians and Reptiles),
Kelly B. Miller, PhD (Arthropods), Christopher C. Witt (Birds), Thomas F. Turner, PhD (Fishes), Michael Anderson (Genomic Resources), Hannah E. Marx (Herbarium), Joseph Cook (Mammals), Eric S. Loker, PhD (Parasites) |
The Museum of Southwestern Biology (MSB) is a research and teaching facility in the Department of Biology of the University of New Mexico (UNM). The museum's collections include vascular plants, invertebrates and vertebrates from the American West, Central and South America, and from throughout the world. It is open to visitors by appointment.
In 1997, the museum was that thought to have held the largest collection of frozen tissue samples (85,000) in the western hemisphere and has assisted in the study of emerging zoonotic pathogens such as the orthohantavirus and the Lassa mammarenavirus.
Mammals
- Ctenomys erikacuellarae
- Monodelphis sanctaerosae
- Ctenomys lessai
- Tapecomys primus
- Thomasomys andersoni
