Data Base Protocols


The collection of the Division of Mammals is currently recorded in an ACCESS data base on a Pentium PC but is slated to move to a relational data base (SPECIFY) as soon as possible. The database includes the 21 fields listed below.

CATALOG NUMBER

ORDER

FAMILY

GENUS

SPECIES

SUBSPECIES

COUNTRY

STATE (PROVINCE)

COUNTY (PARISH)

LOCALITY

ALTITUDE (ELEVATION)

TOWNSHIP/RANGE/SECTION< P>

LATITUDE/LONGITUDE

COLLECTOR

COLLECTOR NUMBER

ACCESSION NUMBER

REMARKS

SEX

MEASUREMENTS

PREPARATION TYPE

REPRODUCTIVE INFO

Version 2.0 of the American Society of Mammalogists' data management document

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