[Nhcoll-l] How many specimens

[Bentley, Andrew Charles]

Lennart

This is extremely difficult to estimate but estimates range into the billions (3-5 billion in various publications).  We can really only track digitized records and the best way to do this is through GBIF where specimen based records are around 216 million (observation records are close to 2 billion in comparison!!).

[https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/GwHlBWgSSahK3K6RO4pue6K0rRlXR6uGxtmWn-V-DYerXzruT5eBr7ZpuiNVMSa4IB936_94wp6msqL-4Nh2L7-kvETPIoSaoatQle4tAH2rZJtE08VttHso6cQ8AgOLso0Wdoc]

Hope that helps

Andy
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From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> On Behalf Of Lennart Lennuk
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2022 3:51 AM
To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] How many specimens

Hi!

Does anybody have lately calculated how many specimens are there in the natural history collections?

Best regards!
Lennart Lennuk
Head of collections
Estonian Museum of Natural History
+372 6603404, 56569916

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