Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 10,965 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Downloads
Download the latest version of this resource data as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A) or the resource metadata as EML or RTF:
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Maponga T.S, Mkhwananzi K.G, Sibanda M, Rukuni P, (2018): Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe Mammalogy Occurence Dataset. v1.3. Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe. Dataset/Occurrence. http://www.nhmbyo.co.zw/ipt/resource?r=mammalogy_occurence_datasets&v=1.3
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 20b58f3f-f15f-4546-b501-2e19a6a3be0b. Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Participant Node Managers Committee.
Keywords
Occurrence; locality; Specimen; Occurrence
Contacts
Who created the resource:
Who can answer questions about the resource:
Who filled in the metadata:
Who else was associated with the resource:
Geographic Coverage
Data was collected predominantly from Southern Africa. Localities have been defined up to city or town level. However specific localities are available on request. Maps for different species will also be made available on our Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe website (http://naturalhistorymuseumzimbabwe.com/).
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180] |
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Temporal Coverage
| Formation Period | 1907-2005 |
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Project Data
No Description available
| Title | Making the zoology collection at the Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe accessible through GBIF by end of 2017 |
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| Identifier | BID-AF2015-0117-SMA |
The personnel involved in the project:
Sampling Methods
Similar to our checklist dataset, data was converted from analogue and digitized on excel. This data was then curated using open refine and georeferenced using predominantly geolocate and google maps. Gazetteers and historical maps were also used to verify localities.
| Study Extent | Specimens were collected predominatly from Southern Africa. They were mainly collected between the early 1900s and early 2000s. |
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Method step description:
- The checklist dataset provides a detailed description of the specific methods used to extract and publish the dataset. However more information will be uploaded in due course.
Additional Metadata
On the eventDate column we would like to make our data users aware that the date, 1900/01/00, is a value to show that there was no date provided for the specimen. Therefore this is not the real date but in this case a synonym for absent date.
| Alternative Identifiers | 20b58f3f-f15f-4546-b501-2e19a6a3be0b |
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| http://196.27.109.38:8080/resource?r=dataset_2 |