Database

The Illinois Natural History Survey Mammal Collection provides access to more than 37,000 specimen records representing over 170 species from 25 families from Illinois and surrounding Midwestern states. It contains 23 Type specimens, 4 federally endangered species, and two federally threatened species. Records include skins, skulls, skeletons, frozen tissue, hair, fluid, and photos to support research and species identification.

The Mammal Collection Database is online and searchable, including all specimen information and digitized specimens.

Type Specimens in the INHS Mammal Collection

Common NameScientific NameYearCollectorCountry
Allen’s big-eared batIdionycteris phyllotis hualapaiensis1962B. MusgroveUSA
Arizona shrewSorex arizonae1949W. W. GoodpasterUSA
Asian house shrewSuncus murinus1913–Republic of the Philippines
black-eared pygmy squirrelExilisciurus concinnus luncefordi1923E. H. TaylorRepublic of the Philippines
Botta’s pocket gopherThomomys bottae carri1951R. G. Van GelderUSA
Botta’s pocket gopherThomomys bottae rufidulus1953D.F. HoffmeisterUSA
cactus mousePeromyscus eremicus eremicus1953Robert W. DickermanMexico
eastern pipistrellePipistrellus subflavus subflavus1957W. L. JenningsUSA
horseshoe batRhinolophus subrufus1923E. H. TaylorRepublic of the Philippines
marsh rice ratOryzomys palustris natator1932O. C. Van HyningUSA
Old World leaf-nosed batHipposideros wrighti1923E. H. Taylor and J. S. WrightRepublic of the Philippines
pencil-tailed tree mouseChiropodomys calamianensis1918E. H. TaylorRepublic of the Philippines
plains pocket gopherGeomys bursarius missouriensis1955C. A. McLaughlinUSA
prairie voleMicrotus ochrogaster haydenii1973W. D. SeveringhausUSA
rock mousePeromyscus difficilis saxicola1948H. O. WagnerMexico
Sanborn’s long-nosed batLeptonycteris curasoae sanborni1950D. F. HoffmeisterUSA
short-nosed fruit batCynopterus brachyotis1920E. H. TaylorRepublic of the Philippines
shrewCrocidura beatus1923E. H. TaylorRepublic of the Philippines
silky pocket mousePerognathus flavus goodpasteri1953C.A. McLaughlinUSA
southwestern myotisMyotis auriculus apache1951D. F. HoffmeisterUSA
spotted ground squirrelSpermophilus spilosoma ammophilus1956W. H. DavisMexico
Texas pocket gopherGeomys personatus maritimus1938Rollin H. BakerUSA
Washington ground squirrelSpermophilus washingtoni washingtoni1942Ernest S. BoothUSA
INHS Mammal Collection
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