Abstract

RAMIREZ-CHAVES, HÉCTOR E. Type Specimens of Mammals in the Colections of the Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Acta biol.Colomb. [online]. 2011, vol.16, n.2, pp.281-292. ISSN 0120-548X.

An annotated list of type specimens of Mammalia at Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia (ICN) is given. This work adds nine holotypes and 33 paratypes to the catalogue of nomenclatural type specimens of mammals deposited in the ICN collections presented by Cadena and Muñoz-Saba, 2007. At the date, the ICN mammal collections housed 15 holotypes, and 44 paratypes for 18 taxa.

Keywords : Colombia; holotype; list; mammals; nomenclature; paratypes.

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