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FuncQEE-PEN Project Project ID: 00000C889 Public
261 Media · 215 Specimens · Creator: Thompson, Cody · Managed by: Cody Thompson, Noe de la Sancha, Lydia Thomas, Ashley Gorris

Computed tomography (CT) scanning will be used to provide 3D data relating to structural diversity for ca. 1,700 specimens of rodents. Rodents are among the most common but also among the most diverse mammals on the planet. They are found in virtually every terrestrial ecosystem, with species ranging from guinea pigs, to prairie dogs, kangaroo rats, flying squirrels, capybaras, lemmings, house mice, and sewer rats. Across this diversity, their bodies vary considerably in size and shape as they adapted to distinct habitats (e.g., Arctic tundra, grasslands, temperate and tropical forests), locomotion (e.g. terrestrial, arboreal, swimming, burrowing habits), feeding preferences (e.g., insectivores, granivores, herbivores, or generalists), and more. Given these vast differences, this project will provide 3D digitized data making it possible to examine and quantify the characters found in this radiation of diversity throughout the rodent tree of life. Undergraduate students at an MSI (Chicago State University) will be trained in CT-scan image processing. Please contact the appropriate collection manager regarding download requests: -MSB - Jon Dunnum (jldunnum@unm.edu) -UMMZ - Cody Thompson (cwthomp@umich.edu) All FuncQEE project questions should be directed to Noe de la Sancha (delasancha@gmail.com).

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000125130 body MSB:Mamm:MSB:Mamm:225675 Zapus princeps Volumetric Image Series 2020-07-11 Restricted Download  
000125126 body MSB:Mamm:MSB:Mamm:268220 Pygeretmus pumilio Volumetric Image Series 2020-07-11 Restricted Download  
000125125 body MSB:Mamm:MSB:Mamm:267881 Stylodipus sungorus Volumetric Image Series 2020-07-11 Restricted Download  
000125123 body MSB:Mamm:MSB:Mamm:227337 Stylodipus andrewsi Volumetric Image Series 2020-07-11 Restricted Download  
000125124 body MSB:Mamm:MSB:Mamm:249068 Allactaga balikunica Volumetric Image Series 2020-07-11 Restricted Download  
000125081 body MSB:Mamm:MSB:Mamm:132852 Octodon degus Volumetric Image Series 2020-07-10 Restricted Download  
000125080 body MSB:Mamm:MSB:Mamm:132851 Octodon degus Volumetric Image Series 2020-07-10 Restricted Download  
000125079 body MSB:Mamm:MSB:Mamm:225052 Allactaga bullata Volumetric Image Series 2020-07-10 Restricted Download  
000125078 body MSB:Mamm:MSB:Mamm:224996 Allactaga bullata Volumetric Image Series 2020-07-10 Restricted Download  
000125074 body msb:mammal specimens:309578 Peromyscus maniculatus Volumetric Image Series 2020-07-10 Restricted Download  
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