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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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000165486 whole body MSB:Mamm:MSB:Mamm:132501 Abrocoma bennettii Volumetric Image Series 2020-10-18 Restricted Download  
000165487 whole body msb:mammals:226904 Volumetric Image Series 2020-10-18 Restricted Download  
000165488 whole body MSB:Mamm:MSB:Mamm:226940 Loxodontomys micropus micropus Volumetric Image Series 2020-10-18 Restricted Download  
000165489 whole body MSB:Mamm:MSB:Mamm:228001 Thomomys talpoides Volumetric Image Series 2020-10-18 Restricted Download  
000165490 whole body MSB:Mamm:MSB:Mamm:230754 Phodopus campbelli Volumetric Image Series 2020-10-18 Restricted Download  
000165491 whole body MSB:Mamm:MSB:Mamm:230776 Microtus gregalis Volumetric Image Series 2020-10-18 Restricted Download  
000165493 whole body MSB:Mamm:MSB:Mamm:230862 Microtus gregalis Volumetric Image Series 2020-10-18 Restricted Download  
000165492 whole body MSB:Mamm:MSB:Mamm:230779 Phodopus campbelli Volumetric Image Series 2020-10-18 Restricted Download  
000165494 whole body MSB:Mamm:MSB:Mamm:248457 Ellobius tancrei Volumetric Image Series 2020-10-18 Restricted Download  
000165495 whole body MSB:Mamm:MSB:Mamm:249169 Eolagurus luteus Volumetric Image Series 2020-10-18 Restricted Download  
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