Support for the LSU Collection of Mammals

路易斯安那州立大学哺乳动物标本馆 自然科学博物馆包括30，000个标本， 美国最大的大学收藏之一。 在过去的十年里，收藏品的数量显著增长， 其目前持有的股票中有一半以上来自新世界 热带地区 Mark Hafner博士，哺乳动物策展人兼 博物馆，建议对博物馆的藏品进行翻新， 从而导致存储空间的扩展和大容量的 收藏由西南路易斯安那大学捐赠。 新的存储柜将安装在一个夹层要建立 在目前的收藏领域。在巩固这些 收藏，研究人员将获得更多的机会， 重要的参考标本。 自然历史博物馆的系统收藏是一种 地球上生命进化的无与伦比的记录。 系统学家、生态学家、地理学家、功能学家 形态学家，以及来自各种其他领域的研究人员， 学科越来越依赖于这些研究 资源 这些持续增长和改善 收藏将对生物学研究产生广泛影响 多样性

The Mammal Collection in the Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science comprises 30,000 specimens, placing it among the largest such university collections in the U.S. The collection has grown remarkably during the past decade, and more than half of its current holdings are from the New World Tropics. Dr. Mark Hafner, Curator of Mammals and Director of the Museum, proposes a renovation of the Museum's collections, leading to expanded storage space and incorporation of a large collection donated by the University of Southwestern Louisiana. New storage cabinets will be installed on a mezzanine to be built above the present collections area. In consolidating these collections, researchers will be given greater access to important reference specimens. Systematic collections in natural history museums are an incomparable record of the evolution of life on earth. Systematists, ecologists, biogeographers, functional morphologists, and researchers from a variety of other disciplines are increasingly dependent on these research resources. The continued growth and improvement of these collections will have wide impact on research into biological diversity.