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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Amos<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Have you searched GBIF (<a href="http://www.gbif.org">www.gbif.org</a>)? There appear to be about 135 records collected by an I. Aharoni in the 1930’s and 40’s
from Israel – mammals, birds, fish, gastropds. See attached.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Andy Bentley<br>
Ichthyology Collection Manager<br>
University of Kansas<br>
Biodiversity Institute<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Amos Belmaker<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 20, 2019 4:50 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Yossi Leshem <yossile@tauex.tau.ac.il>; Yoram Yom-Tov <yomtov@tauex.tau.ac.il>; Roi Dor <roidor@tauex.tau.ac.il><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] Looking for specimens collected by Israel Aharoni<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">We are trying to track the collecting of Israel Aharoni, a zoologists active at the first part of the 20th century in the middle east and the Levant.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">If any of you have any specimens that were collected by him we would be very interested. This is relevant to other taxa as well so if you can pass this message along to the mammal
and reptile curators it would be much appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Best,<br>
Amos<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Amos Belmaker,
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Bird collection manager, The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel-Aviv University, Israel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">(+972) 03-6409399<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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