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DIVISION OF MAMMALOGY
Annual Report for First 10 Months of FY 1976
July 1, 1975 - May 1, 1976

Collection Maintenance

 

Loans.

34 loans of 2081 specimens to 20 institutions (1 permanent
loan of 41 specimens and 2 exchange loans of 5 specimens).

46 total current active loans of 1826 specimens from 24
institutions (plus 5,000 on loan to Texas Tech).

26 loans to K. U. of 552 specimens from 11 institutions.
Currently on file are 18 loans of 280 specimens from 6 institutions.

Visiting Scientists.

38 scientists from 24 institutions spent 310 hours in the museum
in addition to 4 professional groups (example Museum Science Degree
students from Texas Tex.) averaging 12 individuals per group. One
Fulbright Scholar (6 months).

Wet Lab.

2768 hrs. (student, museum Techniques Course); 60 hours (graduate
students); 890 hours (Fulbright Scholar); 50 hrs. (misc.); totalling
3768 hours and at no-expense to the museum. Some equipment and materials
were shared with the Division of Herpetology.

Selgem.

In addition to data input on paper tape, master file, error
search detection and category, corrections and new information update,
the process of label printing was resolved and experimentally employed.

Collection Growth

13,973 specimens were catalogued by Selgem data retrieval program,
9,428 of that number were by retrospective data capture of the 132,501
specimens in the collection...

. . resulted in ,
Major collection growth from regular museum work, approximately

24 specimens of Eutamias from Colorado collected by J. H. Honacki,
a few microtines from Alaska collected by Carol Terry, a few striped

skunks collected in Lawrence by George Korch, 25 small mammals from Montana
acquired by Robert S. Hoffmann.and 15 small mammals from Lawrence col leced
by G. E. Glass. Of gifts received were rodents from Eric A. Rickart, 17
arctic ground squirrels from Patricia E. Reynolds, 37 small mammals from

C. F. Nadler and 6 small mammals from Larry Heaney, & Zone

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