The H. H. Finlayson mammal collection
Paul Horner A and Ken Johnson B CA Museum and Art Gallery Northern Territory, GPO Box 4646, Darwin, NT 0801, Australia.
B Desert Connections, 7 Sturt Terrace, Alice Springs, NT 0870, Australia.
C Corresponding author. Email: johnson5@bigpond.net.au
Australian Mammalogy 44(1) 1-15 https://doi.org/10.1071/AM20064
Submitted: 20 October 2020 Accepted: 5 December 2020 Published: 19 January 2021
Abstract
The extensive published works of Hedley Herbert Finlayson provide a major and widely recognised benchmark in the study of Australian mammals during the first half of the 1900s. His publications are still commonly cited in the literature, especially in relation to studies concerning the desert regions, but little has been documented of his extensive and extremely valuable private collection of almost 3000 expertly prepared study specimens. This paper provides a brief background to the man and reports a compilation of his surviving specimens, giving information on quantities, type and geographic origin of specimens, nomenclature and accession numbers. A transcription of his original register of specimens is also provided.
Keywords: Australia, collection, H. H. Finlayson, Mammalia, Northern Territory Museum
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