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According to the records dated by 2002, collection
of type specimens includes 587 specimens in total, of which
there are 289 holotypes, 25 neotypes, 39 syntypes. Specimens collected
by S.I. Ognev and W.G. Heptner constitute the major part of this
collection; besides, type materials of K.A. Satunin, A.P. Kuzyakin,
S.U. Stroganov, V.N. Shnitnikov, A.G. Bannikov are also present.
In recent years, they were added with types described by M.I. Baskevich
(birch mice), Yu.M. Kovalskaya (grey voles, birch mice), G.I. Shenbrot
(jerboas).
The general numerical description of the type collection is provided
here:
| Orders |
Families |
Genera |
Species |
Nominal taxa |
Specimens |
| Holotypes |
Syntypes |
Lectotypes |
Paratypes |
Para-lectotypes |
In total |
|
Lipotyphla
|
3 |
8 |
17 |
38 |
29 |
12 |
2 |
24 |
0 |
133 |
|
Chiroptera
|
2 |
8 |
23 |
31 |
24 |
0 |
2 |
31 |
9 |
130 |
|
Lagomorpha
|
2 |
2 |
9 |
18 |
14 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
2 |
56 |
|
Rodentia
|
10 |
44 |
100 |
214 |
180 |
23 |
6 |
138 |
5 |
720 |
|
Carnivora
|
4 |
12 |
20 |
31 |
26 |
0 |
1 |
11 |
0 |
105 |
|
Perissodactyla
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
|
Cetacea
|
2 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
21 |
|
Artiodactyla
|
3 |
5 |
8 |
11 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
49 |
|
In total
|
27 |
83 |
181 |
348 |
286 |
38 |
14 |
226 |
16 |
1219 |
Complete catalogues of the type specimens of mammals kept in the
Museum are published in:
Rossolimo O.L., Pavlinov I.Ya. 1979. Catalogues of the type specimens
of mammals kept in Zoological Museum // Arch. Zool. Mus. Mosc. Univ.
V. 18. P, 5-75. (in Russian)
Borissenko A.V. et al. 2001. Class Mammalia // In: Vertebrate types…
(bilingual)
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