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Sex (Specimen/Description)

Field to be used with an authority listField used for natural science collectionsSociété des musées québécois Info-Muse database field

Definition:

  • This field contains information on the sex of the specimen that is the subject of the record.

Observation:

  • For better search results in your database, avoid using a large variety of terms; draw up an authority list and add terms as necessary. You may use the following authority list:

    male
    female
    bisexual
    hermaphrodite
    undetermined

Entry rules:

  1. Enter the sex of the specimen; do not use abbreviations.
    Example

      Disciplineornithology
     GenusPhalacrocorax
      Speciespelagicus
    Sex female
  2. This field may contain multiple entries separated by a semicolon followed by a space. If the record includes both male and female specimens, enter the information in the following form: the sex of the majority of the specimens, followed by a space and the number of specimens of that sex, in parentheses, a comma, a space, the sex of the minority of the specimens, a space and the number of specimens of that sex in parentheses.
    Example

      Discipline invertebrate zoology
     Genus Echinorhynchus
      Species gadi
    Sexfemale (3); male (2)
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