Baillon Collection

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Public 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.

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Content types: point occurrence data, gbif import

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Status: identified

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Last checked: 2020-03-18 21:08:53.0

Data currency: 2012-06-22 02:00:00.0

Harvest frequency: Manual

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Connection parameters

Protocol:	DarwinCore archive
Data URLs	http://metadonnees.gbif.fr/upload/1584562197599/0023569-200221144449610-dwca.zip
LocationURL:	file:////data/ala-collectory/upload/1584562197599/0023569-200221144449610-dwca.zip
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Citation and rights

Citation: Museum George Sand et de la Vallee Noire (2012). Baillon Collection. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/xdk8df accessed via GBIF.org on 2020-03-18.

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Location

Address	"71 Rue Venose 36400 La Châtre" La Châtre 36400 FR
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Email	collection.baillon@gmail.com
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External Identifiers

• GBIF:73a7ba69-d4f9-4df8-aab5-67e9183c2e16