This collection contains small mammals collected as bycatch during ground beetle sampling (NEON sample class: bet_sorting_in.subsampleID.mam). Ground beetle abundance and diversity are sampled via pitfall trapping at regular intervals by NEON field technicians at core and relocatable sites. Vertebrate bycatch is stored in 95% ethanol and archived in a temperature (17-18°C) and humidity controlled environment. See TOS Protocol and Procedure: Ground Beetle Sampling and TOS Science Design for Ground Beetle Abundance and Diversity (https://data.neonscience.org/documents) for more information about this sample class.

Contacts: NEON Biorepository (biorepo@asu.edu)

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens

Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal

Global Unique Identifier: 81698cea-e1a8-4e9e-96d0-69c46d5c4249

DwC-Archive Access Point: https://biorepo.neonscience.org/portal/content/dwca/NEON-MAMC-VGBT_DwC-A.zip

Digital Metadata: EML File

Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)

• 77 specimen records
• 77 (100%) georeferenced
• 76 (99%) identified to species
• 2 families
• 9 genera
• 16 species
• 16 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)