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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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  ID Part Object Taxonomy Type Date Added Publication Status  
000161363 whole body msb:mammals:96415 Volumetric Image Series 2020-09-27 Restricted Download  
000125074 body msb:mammal specimens:309578 Peromyscus maniculatus Volumetric Image Series 2020-07-10 Restricted Download  
000161362 whole body msb:mammals:96414 Volumetric Image Series 2020-09-27 Restricted Download  
000161385 whole body msb:mammals:265022 Volumetric Image Series 2020-09-27 Restricted Download  
000165487 whole body msb:mammals:226904 Volumetric Image Series 2020-10-18 Restricted Download  
000158470 whole body MSB:Mamm:MSB:Mamm:229460 Peromyscus maniculatus Volumetric Image Series 2020-08-18 Restricted Download  
000158459 whole body MSB:Mamm:MSB:Mamm:76799 Peromyscus maniculatus Volumetric Image Series 2020-08-18 Restricted Download  
000167914 jaw MSB:Mamm:MSB:Mamm:45371 Murina hilgendorfi Volumetric Image Series 2020-12-07 Restricted Download  
000167906 skull MSB:Mamm:MSB:Mamm:34601 Epomops dobsoni Volumetric Image Series 2020-12-07 Restricted Download  
000167905 jaw MSB:Mamm:MSB:Mamm:34601 Epomops dobsoni Volumetric Image Series 2020-12-07 Restricted Download  
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