Colección de Mamíferos Corporación Universitaria Santa Rosa de Cabal (CUS-M)

(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) The collection of mammals of the Santa Rosa de Cabal University Corporation (CUS-M) is located in Santa Rosa de Cabal, Risaralda. It houses 503 specimens belonging to 10 orders, 27 families, 75 genera and 99 species, corresponding to 78% of the species registered for the department of Risaralda and 19% of the species registered for Colombia. Of the specimens preserved by the collection, 81% correspond to skins and skeletons dry, 13% in liquid and 6% traces in plaster. In addition to this, there is a reference collection of seeds from the diet of frugivorous mammals. The specimens come from the departments of Risaralda (467), Caldas (5), Cundinamarca (3) and Valle del Cauca (2), from around 100 localities distributed in 14 municipalities.