Baillon Collection

Occurrence
Latest version published by Museum George Sand et de la Vallee Noire on Jan 18, 2024 Museum George Sand et de la Vallee Noire
Publication date:
18 January 2024
License:
CC-BY 4.0

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Description

The Musée George Sand et de la Vallée Noire holds an important collection of mounted birds specimens started by Jean François Emmanuel Baillon during the 18th century and completed by his son Louis Antoine François Baillon until he died in 1855. Baillon father and son were 2 naturalists from northern France and have been in touch and exchanged specimens with some of the most famous naturalists and explorers of their time (e.g. Buffon, Cuvier, Temminck, Prince of Wied, Vieillot, Bonelli, Bruch, Leach, Ruppell, Levaillant, Verreaux, Leschenault...). The Baillon Collection houses 2480 specimens representing 1318 species of birds, collected in all continents including Antarctica, with more than 60 pre-1800 specimens as well as 9 specimens of extinct species or subspecies. The Baillon Collection also holds 41 specimens of bats mainly collected in northern France.

Data Records

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Gouraud C. & M. Quemin. Inventory of the Baillon Collection (Musée George Sand et de la Vallée Noire, La Châtre, France).

Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Museum George Sand et de la Vallee Noire. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 73a7ba69-d4f9-4df8-aab5-67e9183c2e16.  Museum George Sand et de la Vallee Noire publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF France.

Keywords

Occurrence; Occurrence

Contacts

Christophe Gouraud & Madeline Quemin
  • Metadata Provider
Scientific referees/advisors of the Baillon Collection
Musée George Sand et de la Vallée Noire
71 Rue Venose 36400 La Châtre
36400 La Châtre
FR
Christophe Gouraud & Madeline Quemin
  • Metadata Provider
Musée George Sand et de la Vallée Noire
Musée George Sand et de la Vallée Noire
71 Rue Venose 36400 La Châtre
36400 La Châtre
FR

Geographic Coverage

No Description available

Bounding Coordinates South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180]

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 73a7ba69-d4f9-4df8-aab5-67e9183c2e16
https://ipt.gbif.fr/resource?r=baillon_collection