	Museum of LIFE SCIENCES
Louisiana State University in Shreveport One University Place Shreveport, LA 71115-2399 Phone: (318) 797-5338 Fax: (318) 797-5222 lhardy@lsus.edu	The Bulletin of The Museum of Life Sciences	Ouachita Mountains Biological Station
	Checklists for Northwestern LA	Director Director Emeritus Collections Manager

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The Museum of Life Sciences of Louisiana State University in Shreveport is a research institution devoted to the scientific study of vertebrate animals, spiders, insects, mollusks, and vascular plants.
The catalogued collections include:

Amphibians and Reptiles -- 8,500 specimens

Birds -- 1,800 specimens

Fish -- 600 lots

Insects -- 2,000 specimens

Mammals -- 1,700 specimens

Mollusks -- 2,200 specimens

Spiders -- 1,000 specimens

Vascular Plants -- 45,000 specimens

Data for all specimens is computerized. All specimens are housed in the collection room of the Museum except the plants and insects which are housed in the Department of Biological Sciences. All specimens are available for study. Request for access or study should be made to the Director (Emeritus), Dr. Laurence M. Hardy.

The Bulletin of the Museum of Life Sciences

The bulletin concerns any aspect of the natural history, systematics, or ecology of the flora and fauna of the southeastern United States. Communications regarding manuscripts or the availability of any number of the Bulletin should be addressed to the Museum.

Bibliographies:

Dr. Laurence M. Hardy

Checklists for northwestern Louisian

The following lists are based on the listed publications and are updated as new information becomes available.

Mammals -- Checklist of the mammals of Caddo and Bossier Parishes, Louisiana. Laurence M. Hardy. Bulletin of the Museum of Life Sciences, Louisiana State University in Shreveport, No. 5:1-11, 1982.

Birds -- Field checklist of the birds of northwestern Louisiana. Laurence M. Hardy and Larry R. Raymond. Museum of Life Sciences, Louisiana State University in Shreveport, pocket checklist 1997.

Reptiles -- Checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Caddo and Bossier Parishes, Louisiana. Laurence M. Hardy. Bulletin of the Museum of Life Sciences, Louisiana State University in Shreveport, No. 2:1-11, 1979.

Amphibians -- Checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Caddo and Bossier Parishes, Louisiana. Laurence M. Hardy. Bulletin of the Museum of Life Sciences, Louisiana State University in Shreveport, No. 2:1-11, 1979.

Fish -- Checklist of the fishes of Caddo and Bossier Parishes, Louisiana. Laurence M. Hardy and William H. LeGrande. Bulletin of the Museum of Life Sciences, Louisiana State University in Shreveport, No. 3:1-12, 1979.

Spiders -- A checklist to the spiders of northwestern Louisiana is under preparation by Laurence M. Hardy. An up-the-date version is available upon request. Approximately 240 species are known at this writing.

Crawfish -- A checklist of the crawfish of northwestern Louisiana is under preparation by Laurence M. Hardy.

This page was last updated: January 25, 2005.