The Mammals Collection at The Field Museum contains more than 230,000 preserved specimens representing all orders and all but one extant family (the monotypic bat family Craseonycteridae) and is worldwide in scope, with strong geographic representation from the Neotropics, Afrotropics, Indo-Malay, Nearctic, and Palearctic regions.
Resources
Resident staff support an active program of research, curation, and education with assistance from honorary associates, students, and volunteers. We currently pursue research programs in Africa (including Madagascar), Asia, North America, and South America in active collaboration with colleagues in each of those areas. Our research often results in the discovery of new species, generates new information on the ecology and evolution of mammalian biodiversity, and leads to more effective protection of threatened species.
If you are interested in visiting the collection, loaning specimens, or requesting tissues, please select and fill out the appropriate form below and email your request to mammals@fieldmuseum.org.
Holiday Loan Moratorium and Visitor Schedule
Due to heightened risks of losing specimens/shipments due to increased holiday shipping volume and the need to provide a break to staff to focus on internal priorities before the start of the new year, the FMNH Mammal Collection will not be sending or receiving loans November 1 - January 2 or hosting visitors December 23 - January 3.
Software and Digital Products
Mammals, Birds, and Parasites Over an Elevational Gradient in Southeastern Peru
A website describing the NSF-funded biodiversity surveys of Manu National Park in Peru, led by Bruce Patterson and Douglas Stotz.
Vanishing Treasures of the Philippine Rain Forest
An Internet adaptation of the book by the same name, written by Larry Heaney and Jacinto Regalado.
Synopsis of Philippine Mammals
An Internet adaptation of Fieldiana, Zoology, New Series, No. 88 (1998) by Larry Heaney and colleagues.
An interactive key in English and Swahili to the Mammals of Tanzania by Bill Stanley.
Virtual tours with:
Bill Stanley on the Division's collections (2003)
Bruce Patterson on woodland lions in Kenya (2005)
Larry Heaney on Philippine small mammals (2007)
Resident staff support an active program of research, curation, and education with assistance from honorary associates, students, and volunteers. We currently pursue research programs in Africa (including Madagascar), Asia, North America, and South America in active collaboration with colleagues in each of those areas. Our research often results in the discovery of new species, generates new information on the ecology and evolution of mammalian biodiversity, and leads to more effective protection of threatened species.
If you are interested in visiting the collection, loaning specimens, or requesting tissues, please select and fill out the appropriate form below and email your request to mammals@fieldmuseum.org.
We require at least 10 business days (2 weeks) notice for visits.
Software and Digital Products
Mammals, Birds, and Parasites Over an Elevational Gradient in Southeastern Peru
A website describing the NSF-funded biodiversity surveys of Manu National Park in Peru, led by Bruce Patterson and Douglas Stotz.
Vanishing Treasures of the Philippine Rain Forest
An Internet adaptation of the book by the same name, written by Larry Heaney and Jacinto Regalado.
Synopsis of Philippine Mammals
An Internet adaptation of Fieldiana, Zoology, New Series, No. 88 (1998) by Larry Heaney and colleagues.
An interactive key in English and Swahili to the Mammals of Tanzania by Bill Stanley.
Virtual tours with:
Bill Stanley on the Division's collections (2003)
Bruce Patterson on woodland lions in Kenya (2005)
Larry Heaney on Philippine small mammals (2007)
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Current Staff
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Adam FergusonCollection Manager, Mammals
Anderson FeijóAssistant Curator of Mammals
John Phelps JrAssistant Collections Manager, Mammals
Lauren JohnsonAssistant Collections Manager, Mammals- Lauren NassefResearch Assistant
Lawrence HeaneyCurator
Rebecca BanasiakCollections Assistant, Mammals
Steven GoodmanField Scientist
Former Staff and Collaborators
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