LACM Vertebrate Collection

William Mertz; William Ludt; Todd Clardy; Shannen Robson; Neftali Camacho

doi:10.15468/77rmwd

LACM Vertebrate Collection

Citation

Mertz W, Ludt W, Clardy T, Robson S, Camacho N (2025). LACM Vertebrate Collection. Version 18.19. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/77rmwd accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-10-12.

Description

The Collection includes the Fish, Herpetology, Bird and Mammal Collections of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. They are worldwide collections with greatest concentration in North and South America, Africa, the Pacific Ocean, and the Antarctic.

Additional info

http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html

Taxonomic Coverages

Modern Chordata

Aves
rank: class
Mammalia
rank: class
Amphibia
rank: class
Reptilia
rank: class
Osteichthyes
rank: superclass
Chondrichthyes
rank: superclass

Geographic Coverages

A worldwide collection with greatest concentration in North and South America, Africa, the Pacific Ocean, and the Antarctic.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

William Mertz
originator
position: Database & Reports Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd.
Los Angeles
90007
CA
US
email: wmertz@nhm.org
homepage: http://www.nhm.org/

William Ludt
originator
position: Curator
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles
90007
CA
US
email: wludt@nhm.org
homepage: http://www.nhm.org/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0599-9699

Todd Clardy
originator
position: Collections Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles
90007
CA
US
email: tclardy@nhm.org
homepage: http://www.nhm.org/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7925-8789

Shannen Robson
originator
position: Collections Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles
90007
CA
US
email: srobson@nhm.org
homepage: http://www.nhm.org/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8825-5432

Neftali Camacho
originator
position: Collections Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles
90007
CA
US
email: ncamacho@nhm.org
homepage: https://nhm.org/

William Mertz
metadata author
position: Database & Reports Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd.
Los Angeles
90007
CA
US
email: wmertz@nhm.org
homepage: http://www.nhm.org/

David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Coordinator
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org

John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at Berkeley
email: tuco@berkeley.edu

Neftali Camacho
point of contact
position: Collections Manager - Herpetology
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd.
Los Angeles
90007
California
US
Telephone: +01 213 763 3371
email: ncamacho@nhm.org
homepage: https://nhm.org/research-collections/departments/herpetology

Shannen Robson
point of contact
position: Collections Manager - Mammalogy
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd.
Los Angeles
90007
California
US
Telephone: +01 213 763 3400
email: srobson@nhm.org
homepage: https://nhm.org/research-collections/departments-and-programs/mammalogy-nhm

William Mertz
administrative point of contact
position: Database & Reports Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd.
Los Angeles
90007
CA
US
email: wmertz@nhm.org
homepage: http://www.nhm.org/

Neftali Camacho
administrative point of contact
position: Collections Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles
90007
CA
US
email: ncamacho@nhm.org
homepage: https://nhm.org/

Todd Clardy
administrative point of contact
position: Collections Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles
90007
CA
US
email: tclardy@nhm.org
homepage: http://www.nhm.org/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7925-8789

William Ludt
administrative point of contact
position: Curator
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles
90007
CA
US
email: wludt@nhm.org
homepage: http://www.nhm.org/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0599-9699

Shannen Robson
administrative point of contact
position: Collections Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles
90007
CA
US
email: srobson@nhm.org
homepage: http://www.nhm.org/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8825-5432