Established1938LocationUniversity of New MexicoTypeScience museumCollection size4,000,000+ specimensVisitorsby appointment or at annual open-collections eventDirectorChristopher WittCuratorLisa N. Barrow, PhD (Amphibians and Reptiles), Kelly B. Miller, PhD (Arthropods), Christopher C. Witt, PhD (Birds), Thomas F. Turner, PhD (Fishes), Michael Anderson, PhD (Genomic Resources), Hannah E. Marx, PhD (Herbarium), Joseph A. Cook, PhD (Mammals), Eric S. Loker, PhD (Parasites) The Museum of Southwestern Biology (MSB) is a research and teaching facility in the Department of Biology of the University of New Mexico (UNM). The museum's collections include vascular plants, invertebrates and vertebrates from the American West, Central and South America, and from throughout the world. It is open to visitors by appointment.
The museum is thought to hold the largest collection of frozen tissue samples (500,000+) in the western hemisphere and has assisted in the study of emerging zoonotic pathogens such as the orthohantavirus and the Lassa mammarenavirus.Yates, TL, et al. 2002. The econology and evolutionary history of an emergent disease: Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. BioScience 52: 989-998. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1641/0006-3568(2002)052[0989:TEAEHO]2.0.CO;2
Mammals
Ctenomys erikacuellarae Monodelphis sanctaerosae Ctenomys lessai Tapecomys primus Thomasomys andersoni
References
External links Museum of Southwestern Biology - official site MSB Collections Portal - search the museum's collection database