NEON Biorepository Data Portal Detailed Collection Record Information

Mammal Collection (Vouchers [Standard Sampling]) (NEON:MAMC-VSS)

This sample is available for loan

Catalog Number (archiveGUID): NEON01IHVSESAR Record

Sample Tag (SampleID): SRER.20171014.R2927.V

Barcode (sampleCode): D00000165304

SampleUuid: e90e2959-5413-4235-ad68-d97ebe6d0af7

Taxon: Dipodomys merriami Mearns

Family: Heteromyidae

Determiner: Morgan Gourley (2017-10-14T19:00:00Z)

Taxon Remarks: Identification source: harvested from NEON API

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Event ID: 3a502865-b4af-4f61-9f9d-c5c7526220cc

Collector: Katherine Matthiesen (ORCID 0000-0002-8929-7933)

Date: 2017-10-14

Verbatim Date: 10/14/17

Locality: United States, Arizona, Pima, Desert Southwest (D14), Santa Rita Experimental Range NEON (SRER), Plot SRER_012 (plot dimensions: 90m x 90m) [Location ID: SRER_012.mammalGrid.mam]

31.871302 -110.848939 +-64m. WGS84

Verbatim Coordinates: 12N 514288.42061E 3526180.58137N

Elevation: 1052-1059 meters (3451-3474ft)

Habitat: shrubScrub; slope aspect: 302.62; slope gradient: 2.87; soil type order: Aridisols

Description: Small mammal voucher collected incidentally as part of the NEON small mammal box trapping protocol.

Dynamic Properties: totalLength: 219 mm, tailLength: 125 mm, hindfootLengthSU: 33 mm, hindfootLengthCU: 35 mm, earLength: 14 mm, weight: 33.2 g, embryoCount: 0L/0R, crownRumpLength: NAp, placentalScars: 0L/0R, testisLength: NAp, testisWidth: NAp, preparedBy: Laura D. Steger, preparedDate: 2021-07-22

Reproductive Condition: Not pregnant, Mammae nonenlarged, Vagina neither swollen nor plugged

Life Stage: subadult

Sex: Female

Preparations: skin | skull | skeleton | tissues

Notes: Associated with NEON small mammal individual NEON.MAM.D14.R2927

Material Samples

Sample Type: skin, study

Catalog Number / Barcode: D00000165304

Condition: good

Disposition: in collection

Preservation type: dry

Preparation details: prepared with borax

Preparation date: 2021-07-22

Prepared by: Steger, Laura

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Sample Type: skull

Catalog Number / Barcode: D00000165304

Condition: unchecked

Disposition: in collection

Preservation type: dry

Preparation date: 2021-07-22

Prepared by: Steger, Laura

Sample Type: post-cranial skeleton

Catalog Number / Barcode: D00000165304

Condition: unchecked

Disposition: in collection

Preservation type: dry

Preparation date: 2021-07-22

Prepared by: Steger, Laura

Sample Type: heart, lung, kidney

Catalog Number / Barcode: D00000165103

Condition: good

Disposition: on loan

Preservation type: ethanol, 95%, stored at -196C

Preparation date: 2021-07-22

Prepared by: Steger, Laura

Sample Type: liver

Catalog Number / Barcode: D00000165366

Condition: good

Disposition: consumed

Preservation type: frozen, -80C

Preparation date: 2021-07-22

Prepared by: Steger, Laura

Remarks: consumed in research

Sample Type: gastrointestinal tract

Catalog Number / Barcode: C00000121094

Condition: good

Disposition: in collection

Preservation type: frozen, -80C

Preparation details: upper and lower GI tract

Preparation date: 2021-07-22

Prepared by: Steger, Laura

Remarks: moved from -20C to -80C on 2021-11-19

Sample Type: fecal

Catalog Number / Barcode: D00000165368

Condition: good

Disposition: consumed

Preservation type: frozen, -80C

Preparation details: removed from distal colon

Preparation date: 2021-07-22

Prepared by: Steger, Laura

Remarks: consumed in research

Specimen Images

Author: Laura Steger

Author: Laura Steger

Author: Laura Steger

Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Record ID: 4aa26235-70e2-4d56-a185-759c84583c1e

NEON Sample Viewer: D00000165304

For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Laura Steger, Collection Manager (lsteger@asu.edu)

Associated References

Lund, M.C., Larsen, B.B., Rowsey, D.M., Otto, H.W., Gryseels, S., Kraberger, S., Custer, J.M., Steger, L., Yule, K.M., Harris, R.E. Worobey, M., Van Doorslaer, K., Upham N.S., Varsani, A. (2023). Using archived and biocollection samples towards deciphering the DNA virus diversity associated with rodent species in the families cricetidae and heteromyidae. Virology 585:42-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virol.2023.05.006