Collections of Recent mammals of the world, exclusive of Canada and the United States

Abstract

A survey of the Recent mammal collections outside of Canada and the United States revealed the existence of 321 collections with more than 50 speciemens. These collections are located in 76 countries and hold 2,358,356 specimens. Fifty collections holding more than 10,000 specimens were located. These 50 collections hold 81.3% of the specimens of Recent mammals in collections outside Canada and the United States.