Mammals

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.

Temporary Loan Moratorium

Due to a large internal rearrangement of the collection and reduced staff, we have implemented a temporary loan moratorium. We are uncertain as to how long this will last and hope to resume normal operations as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience as we work to improve and care for the Mammal Collection at the FMNH.

• Visit the Collection

• Request a Specimen Loan

• Request a Tissue Loan

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.

• Mammals of Tanzania

  An interactive key in English and Swahili to the Mammals of Tanzania by Bill Stanley.

• Expeditions@Field Museum

  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)