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Specimens Records

Setting up specimen records

Section titled “Setting up specimen records”

The NAHPU default lists for Specimen parts and Treatments are limited and do not include all possible options. If this is your first NAHPU project, we recommend setting up the entries first. You can do this by going to the settings:

  1. Navigate to the dashboard.

  2. Tab/click the humburger menu in the top left corner.

  3. Select Settings.

  4. Select Specimens.

  5. Add Tissue ID (optional).

    Some museums have separate tissue numbers for the same specimen. You can setup the prefix and the number here. It will auto increment each time you add a new tissue number.

  6. Add Specimen part types.

    Add all the possibilities. You can have more than what you will collect.

  7. Add Treatments

    You can do it in a similar manner as the Specimen part types.

Adding a new specimen record

Section titled “Adding a new specimen record”

  1. Navigate to the specimen page using the bottom navigation bar.

  2. Click the + button to add a new specimen record.

    You can also use the tree dot menu icon and tap on Create site.

  3. Select Cataloger.

    This is the person that responsible for cataloging this specimen in the field.

  4. Select Preparator.

    The app automatically input the same personel as the cataloger. If a different person prepare the specimen, you should update the field with the person name.

  5. Select Species.

    Start typing, the field will show the closest species matching the name. Tab/click on the name of the species. The app will also auto populate the Taxonomy panel based on selected species.

  6. Select ID confidence.

    This tells the users reading the data about how confident you are about the species identification. It also helps the museum curators/collection manager to prioritize which specimens needed careful look to check the identification.

  7. Select the specimen Condition.

  8. Add the Prep. date and Prep. time.

Collecting Records

Section titled “Collecting Records”

Taxonomy

Section titled “Taxonomy”

Capture Records

Section titled “Capture Records”

Measurements

Section titled “Measurements”

Select the tab below to view measurement options for each taxonomic group.

  • Total length (mm): the total length of the specimen including from to tip of the nose to the tip of the tail.
  • Tail length (mm): the length of the tail from the base to the tip.
  • Head and body length (mm): Auto calculated from the Total length (mm) - Tail length (mm).
  • Tail/HB length percentage: Auto calculated from the Tail length (mm) / Head and body length (mm).
  • Hind foot length (mm): the length of the hind foot from the base to the tip of the claw.

Specimen Parts

Section titled “Specimen Parts”

Media

Section titled “Media”