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The Projects of the Virtual Museum Megan Loftie-Eaton – Animal Demography Unit – University of Cape Tow

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Page 1: The Projects of The Virtual Museum

The Projects of the Virtual Museum

Megan Loftie-Eaton – Animal Demography Unit – University of Cape Town

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This slideshow features the various projects within the Virtual Museum of the Animal Demography Unit, Department of

Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town.

The Virtual Museum (VM) provides the platform for citizen scientists to contribute to biodiversity projects. Your photos can

count for biodiversity conservation!

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PHOWN – PHotos Of Weaver Nests

PHOWN is a conservation project aimed at determining the distribution of colonies or

nests of all weaver species globally. Counting weaver nests

and taking photos allows monitoring of changes in

weaver breeding effort. Many weavers are common while

some weaver species are threatened; this project provides an easy way of

monitoring them.

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PHOWN record 4142 – submitted to PHOWN by Geoff Nichols

Village Weavers

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MammalMAP the Mammal Atlas of Africa

The objective of MammalMAP is to generate 21st century

distribution maps of Africa’s mammals. MammalMAP

consists of digital photographic records of mammals along with

accurate geographical coordinates of where the

pictures were taken.

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MammalMAP record 7651 – submitted to MammalMAP by Nick Hart

African Wild Dog

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LepiMAP the Atlas of African Lepidoptera

LepiMAP is the continuation of SABCA, the Southern African

Butterfly Conservation Assessment. LepiMAP is a

project aimed at determining the distribution and

conservation priorities of butterflies and moths on the

African continent.

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LepiMAP record 37452 – submitted to LepiMAP by Bertie Brink

African Pansy

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ReptileMAP Reptile mapping project

ReptileMAP is the continuation of the Southern African Reptile

Conservation Assessment (SARCA). It aims to improve our understanding of the diversity and distribution of reptiles in

South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland, and thereby make an

improvement in the conservation status of these

animals.

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ReptileMAP record 150744 – submitted to ReptileMAP by Luke Verburgt

Rhombic Egg-eater

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SpiderMAP Baboon Spider Atlas of Africa

SpiderMAP aims to document the distribution patterns of the Baboon

spiders belonging to the family Theraphosidae.

Photos of other spiders are also accepted but these will only be

identified to family level.All spider records will be submitted

to the South African National Survey of Arachnida (SANSA)

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SpiderMAP record 1203 – submitted to SpiderMAP by John Wilkinson

Ceratogyrus darlingi

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FrogMAPAmphibian mapping project

FrogMAP is the continuation of the Southern African Frog Atlas Project (SAFAP). It aims to build

on the distribution data collected during seven years of

fieldwork (1996-2003), plus earlier data compiled from museum records, private

collections, the literature and conservation organizations.

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FrogMAP record 613 – submitted to FrogMAP by Jason Boyce

Brown-backed Tree Frog

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PHOWN – PHotos Of Weaver NestsScorpionMAP Scorpion Atlas of Africa

Images of all African Scorpions are welcomed and all contribute

equally towards a better understanding of the

distribution patterns of these fascinating creatures. The

distribution of most species is poorly known and in most cases it is based on historical records.

We need your photos to help map these distributions!

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ScorpionMAP record 316 – submitted to ScorpionMAP by Richard Jessnitz

Parabuthus raudus

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BOP – Birds with Odd PlumagesBirds with all sorts of unusual

plumage variations are observed from time to time. BOP aims to provide a place

where the photographs can be curated into one database. This will provide the opportunity to

look for patterns. Do certain species have abnormal plumage

more frequently than others? Do unusual plumage patterns

occur more in some places than in others?

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BOP record 61 – submitted to BOP by Chris Krog

African Pied Wagtail

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EchinoMAP Atlas of African Echinoderma

Echinoderms (starfish, sea-urchins, brittle-stars and their kin) are conspicuous marine

animals, frequently photographed by divers.

EchinoMAP aims to collate all available images of echinoderms from South Africa, thus building

up a comprehensive identification guide, as well as

mapping the ranges of each species.

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EchinoMAP record 738 – submitted to EchinoMAP by George Branch

Marthasterias glacialis

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OdonataMAPOdonata Atlas of Southern Africa

OdonataMAP is a Virtual Museum project aiming to:

(1) map the current distribution of the insect

Order Odonata, i.e. Dragonflies and Damselflies, occurring in southern Africa;

and (2) to serve as a repository of all existing distribution data for this group in the geographic

extent of the project

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OdonataMAP record 9205 – submitted to OdonataMAP by Wil Leurs

Two-Striped Skimmer

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ViTH – Virtual Tree Herbarium

Southern African Atlas of trees. Most trees can be

identified with photographs of their bark, their leaves and their flowers and/or fruit. Try

to take pictures of all of these, from the same tree. The Virtual Museum allows

you to upload a maximum of three images per record.

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Star-chestnut

ViTH record 242 – submitted to ViTH by Chloe Reynolds

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