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

Specimen Records: 116,901
Media Records: 17,899
iDigBio Last Ingested Date: 2025-07-24

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  i93280
79.794
dwc_kingdom_added  i93280
79.794
dwc_parentnameusageid_added  i93280
79.794
dwc_phylum_added  i93280
79.794
dwc_taxonid_added  i93280
79.794
dwc_taxonomicstatus_added  i93280
79.794
dwc_taxonrank_added  i93280
79.794
gbif_canonicalname_added  i93280
79.794
gbif_genericname_added  i93280
79.794
gbif_taxon_corrected  i93280
79.794
gbif_vernacularname_added  i91786
78.516
gbif_reference_added  i89561
76.613
dwc_specificepithet_added  i86677
74.146
dwc_scientificnameauthorship_replaced  i69819
59.725
dwc_multimedia_added  i58286
49.859
idigbio_isocountrycode_added  i52019
44.498
dwc_continent_replaced  i39689
33.951
geopoint_datum_missing  i30811
26.356
dwc_originalnameusageid_added  i27915
23.879
taxon_match_failed  i25290
21.634
geopoint_low_precision  i13430
11.488
dwc_country_replaced  i11673
9.985
dwc_taxonremarks_added  i2131
1.823
dwc_infraspecificepithet_added  i1765
1.51
dwc_scientificnameauthorship_added  i1643
1.405
dwc_family_replaced  i867
0.742
dwc_continent_added  i641
0.548
rev_geocode_mismatch  i473
0.405
rev_geocode_eez  i472
0.404
rev_geocode_failure  i170
0.145
dwc_genus_replaced  i167
0.143
rev_geocode_corrected  i160
0.137
rev_geocode_lon_sign  i152
0.13
dwc_family_added  i29
0.025
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_replaced  i3
0.003
dwc_class_added  i2
0.002
dwc_genus_added  i2
0.002
dwc_order_added  i2
0.002
rev_geocode_flip  i1
0.001
rev_geocode_flip_both_sign  i1
0.001
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