Eskimo Curlew, Numenius borealis catalogue: CMNAV 221

Several Web sites provide online access to data from several of the Canadian Museum of Nature's collections. Basic catalogue information is available, such as catalogue number, scientific name, collector, date collected, province, latitude and longitude.

Access to data associated with many of Nature's North American specimens is provided through Species Access Canada (of the Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility):

• Anura (frogs and toads): approximately 17 374 records
• Birds: approximately 88 335 records
• Fish: approximately 43 356 records
• Unionoida (freshwater clams): approximately 6299 records

These data may also be found at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility's Data Portal. This site permits searching across several world-wide collections and allows the user to download records.

Markle's ray, Breviraja marklei (holotype) catalogue: CMNFI86-0036.1

Palynology sugar maple, Acer saccharum catalogue: CMNPYM02374 Polar (upper) and equatorial views of fossilized pollen grains mounted on a slide. The length of a grain on the longest axis is about .35 µm. This photograph was taken through a biological microscope, using brightfield transmitted light. Access to data associated with Nature's palynology collection is provided by Artefacts Canada (of the Canadian Heritage Information Network) in approximately 14,500 records. Fossil and modern pollens are included in the collection.

Plants Nature has contributed data for approximately 9500 relevant vascular plant specimens to E-Flora BC, an electronic atlas of the plants of British Columbia.

fairy slipper, Calypso bulbosa catalogue: CAN318136

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