National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution - Vertebrates (NMNH-Vertebrates)

Contacts: Thomas Orrell, orrellt@si.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 22 October 2021
IPT / DwC-A Source:
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Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 70,209 specimen records
  • 8,755 (12%) georeferenced
  • 26,970 (38%) with images (29,125 total images)
  • 1,287 GenBank genetic references
  • 38,644 (55%) identified to species
  • 350 families
  • 1,240 genera
  • 2,530 species
  • 2,558 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
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Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Ametrida (1)
  • Anoura (40)
  • Artibeus (2409)
  • Carollia (2750)
  • Centurio (3)
  • Chiroderma (14)
  • Choeroniscus (1)
  • Chrotopterus (16)
  • Desmodus (323)
  • Diaemus (2)
  • Diphylla (8)
  • Ectophylla (18)
  • Enchisthenes (54)
  • Glossophaga (142)
  • Glyphonycteris (5)
  • Hylonycteris (11)
  • Lampronycteris (7)
  • Lichonycteris (18)
  • Lionycteris (1)
  • Lonchophylla (223)
  • Lonchorhina (10)
  • Lophostoma (99)
  • Macrophyllum (104)
  • Mesophylla (9)
  • Micronycteris (74)
  • Mimon (3)
  • Phylloderma (1)
  • Phyllostomus (132)
  • Platyrrhinus (806)
  • Sturnira (124)
  • Tonatia (16)
  • Trachops (8)
  • Trinycteris (31)
  • Uroderma (102)
  • Vampyressa (250)
  • Vampyrodes (337)
  • Vampyrum (10)