Digitization of the primate collection of the Museum of Nature of the V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University

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Perevozchikova N, Yeremenko S, Yatsenko Y, Mazepa G (2025). Digitization of the primate collection of the Museum of Nature of the V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. Version 1.3. Museum of Nature of the V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. Occurrence dataset. https://ukraine.ipt.gbif.no/resource?r=mnknu_catalogue_of_primates&v=1.3

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Keywords

Occurrence; Primates collection; historical catalogues and inverntory books; Specimen

Contacts

Geographic Coverage

With a minor exception, the primate vouchers lack exact information on the sampling localities, yet, their taxonomic affiliation covers South America, Africa, and Eurasia.

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Temporal Coverage

Project Data

electronic catalogue with originally reidentified specimens (stuffed animals, n=103) and with listed vouchers of other types of preservation.

The personnel involved in the project:

Sampling Methods

Cited from Perevozchikjova et al. (in press): "I. Historical data of the MNKNU primate collection covers period between 1826-1995 and includes following archival sources: i) the original records of the systematic card index of the MNKNU (composed between 1826-1889, and contains 24 records compiled within 1826-1875 for primates); ii) Book for recording additions to the Zoological Cabinet. Material Book (maintained 1826-1862); iii) Systematic catalogue of objects stored in the Zoological Cabinet of the Imperial Kharkiv University until 1848 (Chernay, 1849); iv) Systematic catalogue of objects stored in the Zoological Cabinet of the Imperial Kharkiv University until 1848 (Chernay, 1854); v) Inventory book of the Zoological Museum of the Biological Faculty of the A.M. Gorky Kharkiv State University (22 March 1937 - 24 July 1941); vi) Inventory workbook № 2 of the Museum of Darwinism of the Biological Faculty of the A.M. Gorky Kharkiv State University (1944); vii) Main inventory book of the Museum of Nature of the A. M. Gorky Kharkiv State University (1976) – currently in use and renamed into "Inventory book № 1 of the Museum of Nature of the V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, started Jan. 1976 - ended 1976, from #1 until #1403"; viii) Inventory book of the Department of the Origin of Human (1948-1995); ix) Catalogue of collections of the Museum of Nature of the V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. Primates (Mammalia: Primates) (Levchenko & Perevozchikova, 2009). II. Initial taxonomic determination in the majority of cases relied upon the original labeling of the new acquisitions by the Museum. Specifically, that concerned vouchers from the XIXth century: for those items no taxonomical revision has been conducted ever (archival sources i-iv). During the second half of the XXth century, numerous vouchers have been donated by Kharkiv Zoo, and their determination relied upon original Zoo records, which was reflected in the source viii. This inventory book is an unofficial list for internal departmental use, and the species names were filled in by hand by two museum employees – Rudaeva A.V. (working years 1945-1996) and Levchenko D.R. (1970-2016). Among them, only three specimens were determined by Rudaeva. Hereby, the catalogue (Levchenko & Perevozchikova, 2009) followed taxonomical determinations available from the aforementioned sources i-viii. For present work, we conducted verification and critical taxonomical redetermination of the stuffed animals only (n=103), following systematic framework of the order Primates L., 1758 by the MDD (accessed Aug 2025), redetermination was made with essential assistance of Dr. Hector E. Ramirez-Chaves (Medellin Univ., Colombia). We also verified the collection with the Illustrated checklist by Burgin et al. (2020). As for the rest of vouchers stored in the collection (non-stuffed, n=114), we provided already extant taxonomic records indicating the necessity of such revision in the future. "

Method step description:

1. Cited from Perevozchikjova et al. (in press): "I. Historical data of the MNKNU primate collection covers period between 1826-1995 and includes following archival sources: i) the original records of the systematic card index of the MNKNU (composed between 1826-1889, and contains 24 records compiled within 1826-1875 for primates); ii) Book for recording additions to the Zoological Cabinet. Material Book (maintained 1826-1862); iii) Systematic catalogue of objects stored in the Zoological Cabinet of the Imperial Kharkiv University until 1848 (Chernay, 1849); iv) Systematic catalogue of objects stored in the Zoological Cabinet of the Imperial Kharkiv University until 1848 (Chernay, 1854); v) Inventory book of the Zoological Museum of the Biological Faculty of the A.M. Gorky Kharkiv State University (22 March 1937 - 24 July 1941); vi) Inventory workbook № 2 of the Museum of Darwinism of the Biological Faculty of the A.M. Gorky Kharkiv State University (1944); vii) Main inventory book of the Museum of Nature of the A. M. Gorky Kharkiv State University (1976) – currently in use and renamed into "Inventory book № 1 of the Museum of Nature of the V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, started Jan. 1976 - ended 1976, from #1 until #1403"; viii) Inventory book of the Department of the Origin of Human (1948-1995); ix) Catalogue of collections of the Museum of Nature of the V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. Primates (Mammalia: Primates) (Levchenko & Perevozchikova, 2009). II. Initial taxonomic determination in the majority of cases relied upon the original labeling of the new acquisitions by the Museum. Specifically, that concerned vouchers from the XIXth century: for those items no taxonomical revision has been conducted ever (archival sources i-iv). During the second half of the XXth century, numerous vouchers have been donated by Kharkiv Zoo, and their determination relied upon original Zoo records, which was reflected in the source viii. This inventory book is an unofficial list for internal departmental use, and the species names were filled in by hand by two museum employees – Rudaeva A.V. (working years 1945-1996) and Levchenko D.R. (1970-2016). Among them, only three specimens were determined by Rudaeva. Hereby, the catalogue (Levchenko & Perevozchikova, 2009) followed taxonomical determinations available from the aforementioned sources i-viii. For present work, we conducted verification and critical taxonomical redetermination of the stuffed animals only (n=103), following systematic framework of the order Primates L., 1758 by the MDD (accessed Aug 2025), redetermination was made with essential assistance of Dr. Hector E. Ramirez-Chaves (Medellin Univ., Colombia). We also verified the collection with the Illustrated checklist by Burgin et al. (2020). As for the rest of vouchers stored in the collection (non-stuffed, n=114), we provided already extant taxonomic records indicating the necessity of such revision in the future. "

Collection Data

Bibliographic Citations

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