Maria Eifler examining a specimen, behind a table with many skeletal mammal specimens

Mammalogy

KU Mammalogy conducts research, training, and graduate education on the global diversity of mammals.

KU Mammalogy

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Third largest mammal collection at a university
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Sixth largest mammal collection in the Americas
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Sixth largest mammal tissue collection at a university
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Tenth largest mammal tissue collection in the Americas
Cheetah walking toward left of the camera with head slightly down, in wild landscape with water and grass.

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Research

Research in Mammalogy is exceptionally diverse, including studies of phylogeny, phylogeography, genomics, distribution, diversity, ecology, and conservation of mammals and their symbionts. Our research team includes faculty, staff, postdoctoral researchers, graduate students, and undergraduate students.

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KU student and Curator Jocelyn Colella in the field, sorting two trays full of specimens of squirrels

Collections

KU Mammalogy ranks among the five largest mammal collections in the world and is the second largest university-based research collection, with >180,000 cataloged specimens. Taxonomic strengths are in rodents, bats, and insectivores. Geographic strengths in Latin America, Southeast Asia, and the American West.

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Several bear skulls featuring large teeth, sitting on a shelf from the collection.