Biological collection and data management
The museum has a collection of about 10 million zoological specimens, including:
- 6,000,000 insects
- 1,000,000 fishes
- 300,000 spiders
- 200,000 amphibians
- 150,000 birds
- 135,000 mammals
- 41,000 reptiles
- etc.
We manage the museum’s zoological collections, ensuring their:
- development
- documentation
- accessibility
- consultation
- preservation.
Digitisation and online display of collections are among our priorities.
Our scientists also conduct research, in particular on:
- taxonomy of millipedes and sea cucumbers
- comparative brain anatomy of great apes
- biogeography of reptiles and amphibians.