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The mammals collection (ZM) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris)

Specimen Records: 116,337
Media Records: 17,757
iDigBio Last Ingested Date: 2025-06-23

The collection of mammals of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (MNHN) started during the XVIIIth century. The collection grows regularly with specimens collected during scientific expeditions and animals from zoological parks (Zoo de Vincennes, Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes, Parc de la Haute-Touche) or care centers. The collection is constituted by skeletons (mounted or not), skins (mounted or not), casts, specimens or organs in fluid (alcohol or formalin), and tissues. The database ZAC (acronym for “Zoology, Comparative anatomy”) exists since 2010. It is the result of the merger of MAMMALIA (former collection of “Zoologie, Mammifères et Oiseaux”) and ANATOMIC (former collection of “Anatomie comparée”). For many groups, computerization is at a preliminary stage, and most entries have not yet been checked for errors or verified against the collections. More detailed information can be obtained by writing to the curators and collection managers. The database will help you prepare loan requests or visits to the collection. For any request contact: http://colhelper.mnhn.fr/

Contacts

Name MNHN
RoleProvider
Emailnone
Name Simon Chagnoux
Rolenone
Emailgbifprovider@mnhn.fr
Name Cécile Callou
Rolenone
Emailnone
Name Jacques Cuisin
Rolenone
Emailnone
Name Chistiane Denys
Rolenone
Emailnone
Name Marc Herbin
Rolenone
Emailnone
Name Christine Lefèvre
Rolenone
Emailnone
Name Joséphine Lesur
Rolenone
Emailnone
Name Violaine Nicolas
Rolenone
Emailnone
Name Jean-Marc Pons
Rolenone
Emailnone
Name Géraldine Véron
Rolenone
Emailnone
Name Cécile Callou
RoleCorrespondant
Emailnone
  • Data Corrected
  • Data Use
  • Raw
This table shows any data corrections that were performed on this recordset to improve the capabilities of iDigBio Search. The first column represents the correction performed. The last two columns represent the number and percentage of records that were corrected. A complete list of the data quality flags and their descriptions can be found here. Clicking on a data flag name will take you to a search for all records with this flag in this recordset.
FlagRecords With This Flag(%) Percent With This Flag
dwc_datasetid_added  i92784
79.755
dwc_kingdom_added  i92784
79.755
dwc_parentnameusageid_added  i92784
79.755
dwc_phylum_added  i92784
79.755
dwc_taxonid_added  i92784
79.755
dwc_taxonomicstatus_added  i92784
79.755
dwc_taxonrank_added  i92784
79.755
gbif_canonicalname_added  i92784
79.755
gbif_genericname_added  i92784
79.755
gbif_taxon_corrected  i92784
79.755
gbif_vernacularname_added  i91291
78.471
gbif_reference_added  i89066
76.559
dwc_specificepithet_added  i86358
74.231
dwc_scientificnameauthorship_replaced  i69413
59.665
dwc_multimedia_added  i57805
49.688
idigbio_isocountrycode_added  i51789
44.516
dwc_continent_replaced  i39520
33.97
geopoint_datum_missing  i30516
26.231
dwc_originalnameusageid_added  i27824
23.917
taxon_match_failed  i25098
21.574
geopoint_low_precision  i13220
11.364
dwc_country_replaced  i11605
9.975
dwc_taxonremarks_added  i2130
1.831
dwc_infraspecificepithet_added  i1765
1.517
dwc_scientificnameauthorship_added  i1642
1.411
dwc_family_replaced  i866
0.744
dwc_continent_added  i641
0.551
rev_geocode_mismatch  i473
0.407
rev_geocode_eez  i472
0.406
rev_geocode_failure  i170
0.146
dwc_genus_replaced  i167
0.144
rev_geocode_corrected  i160
0.138
rev_geocode_lon_sign  i152
0.131
dwc_family_added  i30
0.026
dwc_order_replaced  i19
0.016
datecollected_bounds  i7
0.006
geopoint_bounds  i7
0.006
rev_geocode_lat_sign  i6
0.005
dwc_country_added  i4
0.003
dwc_class_added  i3
0.003
dwc_class_replaced  i3
0.003
dwc_genus_added  i3
0.003
dwc_order_added  i3
0.003
rev_geocode_flip  i1
0.001
rev_geocode_flip_both_sign  i1
0.001
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