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USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

Education

M.S. (Biology): George Mason University, 2005
B.S. (Biology): University of New Mexico, 1994

Collection Management Responsibilities

Responsible for curation and conservation of North American mammalian voucher specimens, identification and cataloging of incoming collections, and answering information requests. Duties also include the preparation, shipment, and documentation of specimen loans; the collecting of mammals in the field; and maintaining, updating, and adding records to the electronic database. Interests include identification and systematic investigations of mammal hair using light and scanning electron microscopy, and the organization and maintenance of the U. S. National Museum bat banding records.

Recent Publications

Woodman, N., C. J. Dove, and S. C. Peurach. 2005. A curious pellet from a Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus). Northeastern Naturalist, 12(2): 127-132.

Peurach, S. 2004. Bat strike! Flying Safety Magazine, 60(9): 18-19.

Peurach, S. C. 2004. History and current status of the Bat Banding Office, National Museum of Natural History. Bat Research News, 45(2): 35-41.

Peurach, S. C. 2003. High-altitude collision between an airplane and a hoary bat, Lasiurus cinereus. Bat Research News, 44(1): 2-3.

Dove, C. J., and S. C. Peurach. 2002. Microscopic Analysis of Feather and Hair Fragments Associated with Human Mummified Remains from Kagamil Island, Alaska. Pp 51-62 In: B. Frohlich, A. B. Harper, and R. Gilberg, editors. To the Aleutians and Beyond - The Anthropology of William S. Laughlin. Publications of the National Museum, Ethnographical Series, The National Museum of Denmark, Volume 20, Copenhagen, 382 pp.

Dove, C. J. and S. C. Peurach. 2001. The use of microscopic hair characters to aid in identification of a bat involved in a damaging aircraft strike. Bat Research News, 42(1): 10-11.