In many parts of the mammal collection, three-letter acronyms are used to denote the preparations used for particular mammal specimens. This is a decoded list of all those acronyms:
| ako | skull and articulated skeleton |
| alc | alcoholic specimen |
| ant | alcoholic specimen (injected) |
| asr | alcoholic specimen skull removed |
| brn | brain |
| cro | cranium only |
| end | endocranial cast |
| mac | mounted skin, alcoholic carcass |
| mak | mounted skin, skull, articulated skeleton |
| man | mandible only |
| mno | mounted skin only |
| msk | mounted skin, skull, skeleton |
| msl | mounted skin, skull |
| mtd | mounted skin (plus?) |
| oko | skeleton only |
| oth | other |
| psk | skull, partial skeleton |
| pko | partial skeleton |
| sac | skin, alcoholic carcass |
| sak | skin, skull, articulated skeleton |
| sko | skull, skeleton |
| slo | skull only |
| sno | skin only |
| spk | skin, partial skeleton |
| spl | skin, skull, partial skeleton |
| ssa | skin, skull, alcoholic carcass |
| ssk | skin, skull, skeleton |
| ssl | skin, skull |