The Virtual Museum: an African biodiversity database holding more than two million records

Authors

  • Les G Underhill Biodiversity and Development Institute, 25 Old Farm Road, Rondebosch 7700, and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa
  • Rene Navarro Biodiversity and Development Institute, 25 Old Farm Road, Rondebosch 7700, and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2203-0481

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15641/bo.1443

Abstract

This paper describes the history of the Virtual Museum, originally developed in 2005 for the Southern African Reptile Conservation Assessment (SARCA), which was sponsored by the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI). The Virtual Museum grew to have 17 sections and the associated database, in 2023, contained 2.2 million biodiversity records from Africa. We summarize the major outputs of this initiative, and discuss potential future uses of the database.

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Published

2023-10-06

How to Cite

Underhill, L. G., & Navarro, R. (2023). The Virtual Museum: an African biodiversity database holding more than two million records. Biodiversity Observations, 13, 252–269. https://doi.org/10.15641/bo.1443

Issue

Vol. 13 (2023)

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Articles

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Copyright (c) 2023 Les G Underhill, Rene Navarro

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