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Collections
Mammalogy
The Mammal
Research Collection ranks 21st in the Western Hemisphere and is
accredited by the American Society of Mammalogists. It includes
more than 38,500 specimens, approximately 8,000 of which are
from the Great Lakes region. Mexico, Chile, Argentina, and Ecuador
are also well represented. Significant series from Michigan and
Mexico were contributed by Rollin H. Baker, former Curator of Mammals
and former MSU Museum Director. The collection includes skeletons,
study skins, skulls, tanned hides, frozen tissues, and fluid-preserved
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Ornithology
The Ornithology Research Collection includes over 13,000 specimens;
more than one third are from Michigan. Also well-represented are Mexico,
Argentina, Colombia, Chile, and Brazil. Many of the specimens were part
of the original holdings of the Michigan Agricultural College Museum,
among them historically important series collected by naturalists Walter
Barrows and Dillman S. Bullock. The collection includes study skins,
skeletons, taxidermy mounts, eggs, nests, and fluid-preserved specimens. |
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Herpetology
The Herpetology
Research Collection includes over 18,600 reptile and amphibian specimens
representing Michigan, Mexico, South America, Africa, and Australia. Significant series
were collected by the late Curator Emeritus J. Alan Holman, and the late
Professor of Zoology, Max Hensley. The collection includes fluid-preserved specimens, tanned skins, and over 4,600 skeletons.
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Ichthyology
The Ichthyology Research Collection includes 7,100 lots containing over 36,100
marine and freshwater specimens. Of the freshwater holdings, more than half are from Michigan,
among them 1,100 specimens collected from the Red
Cedar River, which flows through campus. Additional noteworthy
series were collected in Ecuador, Mexico, and India. Both
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Vertebrate Paleontology
The Vertebrate Paleontology Research collection includes over
4,200 specimens, approximately 90% of which are from North America.
The most significant holdings are Cenozoic amphibians and reptiles
from throughout North America, Permian fishes and tetrapods from
Texas, and Late Pleistocene faunal remains from the Great Lakes
region. The late Curator Emeritus J. Alan Holman, and the late Professor
of Zoology, Richard J. Seltin, contributed the bulk of these collections.
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