P.W. Lund collection in the Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, now on the GBIF portal

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The P.W. Lund collection of extant mammals. Incomplete listing of extant mammals collected by Lund and visiting colleagues (Reinhardt and others) (1833-1889). The database consists of 89 data records (specimens), describing 44 species.

Concerned URL	http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/720
Release date	13/10/2006
Contributor	Lotte Endsleff
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P.W. Lund (1801 - 1880), Danish Zoologist and Botanist. Travelled in Brazil 1833-35 together with the German botanist Riedl, settled at the small town of Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais, where he remained to his death 1880. Mainly known for his basic research on subfossil remains of the extinct fauna in the limestone caves of Minas Gerais, and for his collections and descriptions of extant mammals of the area. Also known as an important botanist and botanical collector. Photos of material is available via the ZMUC homepage: ZMUC_PW-Lund.

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