Specimen Record

ContinentOceania
Latitude-5.5
Longitude141
Institution CodeYpm
Collection CodeVz
Catalog NumberYpm Mam 005636
Collected ByAlpha Helix Expedition
Date Collected1969-08-07

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The mammal collection in the Yale Peabody Museums’s Division of Vertebrate Zoology, although small, is worldwide in coverage, and is used principally for teaching. The 5,086 mammal skins (over 720 species) date from the 19th century, and includes several rare and endangered species: the African elephant, black rhinoceros, orangutan, mountain gorilla, red wolf, black-footed ferret and snow leopard. The skeleton collection is likewise small (4,776 specimens representing over 770 species), but historically important, and contains a disproportionate number of large animals, among them one of only 7 complete skeletons of the now extinct quagga, and a large series of buffalo skulls from the 1870s.

Contacts

Name Larry Gall
RoleHead, Computer Systems Office
Emaillawrence.gall@yale.edu
Name Larry Gall
RoleHead, Computer Systems Office
Emaillawrence.gall@yale.edu
Name Larry Gall
RoleHead, Computer Systems Office
Emaillawrence.gall@yale.edu
Name Kristof Zyskowski
RoleDivision of Vertebrate Zoology
Emailkristof.zyskowski@yale.edu

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Nyctimene aello (YPM MAM 005636)
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urn:uuid:768e8625-62e3-4b5b-9b89-416442457904. YPM MAM 005636. Vertebrate Zoology Division - Mammalogy, Yale Peabody Museum. Vertebrate Zoology Division - Mammalogy, Yale Peabody Museum. http://portal.idigbio.org/portal/recordsets/76015dea-c909-4e6d-a8e1-3bf35763571e. Accessed on September 22, 2026.
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