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The Zoological Collection of Boris S. Tuniyev Was Donated to the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Natalia B. Ananjeva, Igor Vladimirovich Doronin

Abstract


The private collection represented by comprehensive holdings of vertebrates (cyclostomes, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, mammals), i.e., Petromyzontida (11 specimens of two species), Actinopterygii (2897 specimens of 63 species), Amphibia (1365 specimens of 28 species), Reptilia (4430 specimens of 155 species), and Mammalia (32 specimens of eleven species) of the famous Russian zoologist Boris S. Tuniyev were donated to the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in March 2025. The collection was transported to St. Petersburg in its original containers and transferred to the Laboratories of Ichthyology, Herpetology, and Theriology. Of special value are type specimens of 5 taxa of lizards and 12 taxa of snakes.

Keywords


Actinopterygii; Amphibia; Mammalia; Petromyzontida; Reptilia; the Caucasus; collection; type specimens

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2025-32-3-246-248

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