Louise Tomsett
- Curator, Mammals
- Life Sciences department
- LS Vertebrates Division
Cromwell Road
London
SW7 5BD
Biography
NHM Employment history
2004 - current Curator, Mammal Group, Zoology Department
2002- 2004 Darwin Centre Tour guide / Assistant Curator, Zoology Department
(worked in Fish, Invertebrates I & II & Mammals curation groups)
1997 - 1998 Volunteer, Palaeontology Department
Qualifications
MSc Wildlife Biology & Conservation
BSc (Hons) Open (Zoology, Palaeontology & Ecology)
Curation
Personal interests
- Carnivora
- South-east Asian Fish & Mammals, particularly those of Kalimantan
- Wildlife crime & forensics
- Animal patternation & markings
- Conservation
- Historic collections, exploration & expeditions
- Taxidermy - history & methods
- Specimen preparation
Special projects
- Curation & data-basing of Manis collection
- Curation & data-basing of Carnivora collection
- Skills trade with Royal College of Surgeons, London
- Seba Collection & Linnean Type specimen project
Responsibilities
Zoology Department Roles:
- KE Emu database NHM steering group, Vertebrates Representative
- Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Co-ordinator
- Environmental Focus Group (EFG) Curation Representative
Mammal Group (MG) Roles:
- OIC Academic visitor access
- Identifications - including wildlife crime & contract work
- Destructive sampling loans - application assessment, sampling & dispatch (particularly for Carnivora)
- Enquiries co-ordinator
- KE Emu database development
- External exhibition loans liaison
- Specimen preparation
- IPM representative
- MG web pages (in development)
Memberships
Society for Wildlife Forensic Science
Society for the History of Natural History
Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections
Publications
Web articles
Dusicyon australis identification
London Museums Group - behind the scenes
London Museums Group - skills trade scheme 1
London Museums Group - skills trade scheme 2
Society for the History of Natural History conference, 2004
Web pages
Cryptoprocta ferox species web page
Manis javanica species web page
Acknowledgements
2009
- Koyabu, D.B. and Endo, H. ( 2009 ) Craniofacial variation and dietary adaptations of African colobines Journal of Human Evolution 56 : 525–536 .
2008
- Asher, R.J. and Lehmann, T. ( 2008 ) Dental eruption in afrotherian mammals BMC Biology 6 : 14 .
- Barnett, R., Yamaguchi, N., Shapiro, B. and Sabin, R. ( 2008 ) Ancient DNA analysis indicates the first English lions originated from North Africa Contributions to Zoology 77 (1) : .
- Meegaskumbura, S. and Schneider, C.J. ( 2008 ) A taxonomic evaluation of the shrew Suncus montanus (Sorcidae:Crocidurinae) of Sri Lanka and India Cey. J. Sci. (Bio. Sci.) 37 (2) : 129-136 .
2005
- Chakrabarty, P. and Ng, H.H. ( 2005 ) The identity of catfishes identified as Mystus cavasius (Hamilton, 1822) (Teleostei: Bagridae), with a description of a new species from Myanmar Zootaxa 1093 : 1-24 .