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Department Facilities
Collections
The Robert F. Hoover Herbarium houses over 69,000 mounted vascular plant specimens and over 2,500 algal specimens.
The Aryan Roest Mammal Collection in room 252 of Fisher Hall includes over 2,300 skins, skulls,
mounted specimens and frozen tissues of mammals. Representation is mostly of local species, with a survey of animals from all over the world. The collection is used in teaching Mammalogy, Vertebrate Natural History, and Vertebrate Field Zoology classes. The collection is available for use by the scientific community as well as for advanced studies on selected species. The collection is not open to the public. Inquiries should be directed to collection Curator (Dr. Francis Villablanca, fvillabl@calpoly.edu).
The Cal Poly Natural History Museum Bird Collection in Room 252 of Fisher Hall includes nearly 2000 specimens representing many of the orders of North American birds, 200 species from the western United States, and most of the North American families. The collection is used in teaching Ornithology, Vertebrate Field Zoology and Vertebrate Natural History. The collection is not open to the public, but is available for use by the scientific community and for advanced studies on selected species. Inquiries should be directed to collection Curator (Dr. Francis Villablanca, fvillabl@calpoly.edu).
The Reptile and Amphibian Collection in Room 285A of Fisher Hall contains many specimens of species found in San Luis Obispo County and representative specimens from other parts of the country and the world.
The Entomology Collection in Room 255 of Fisher Hall includes over 1,000,000 insects, which range from local species to exotic tropical species. It is currently used as a teaching and reference collection for species collected along the central coast.
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