Ornithology: More than 31,000 birds (study skins or mounted), eggs, and nests. In 2015-2017 we are reorganizing and rehousing the entire collection under a National Science Foundation CSBR grant.
Mammalogy: More than 5,000 study skins, skulls, skeletons, fluid-preserved specimens, and mounted specimens. Our collection includes specimens collected by John Bowles which were transferred from Central College.
Other vertebrates: A small number of reptiles, fish, and amphibians.

GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/04169fce-7d4f-41f7-9dff-245960f5b59e
Homepage: http://mnh.uiowa.edu/collections-and-research
Citation: Opitz C (2026). SUI Vertebrate Collection. Version 6.2. University of Iowa Museum of Natural History. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/xpsbyo accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-08-07.