The collection houses more than 26 000 specimens from more than 1 200 species. There are mainly skulls, skins but also skeletons and some material in alcohol.
Our research is mainly embedded in the research area Biodiversity and Systematics. Other research includes morphological and ecological aspects of Rodents and Carnivora (eg.. Castor fiber, Lutra lutra, Felis silvestris).
Focus of the research work is the participation in the project: Identifying the genomic loci underlying mammalian phenotypic variability using Forward Genomics with Semantic Phenotypes (hier Modul M1: Phenotyping“) of the interdisciplenary project which is funded by the Lebnitz Gemeinschaft (2016-2019).
The Project is reslised in a network in including , PhD student: Maria Jähde
| Institut | Projekt | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Prof. Hermann Ansorge | Senckenberg Görlitz | SAW Projekt | Wölfe |
| Prof. Jochen Hampe | Universitätsklinik TU Dresden | ||
| Dr. Nikolai Hecker | MPI Dresden | ||
| Dr. Micheal Hiller | MPI Dresden | ||
| Dr. Thomas Lehmann | Senckenberg Frankfurt | SAW Projekt | Kopidodon (Messel fossil) |
| Dr., P.D. Irina Ruf | Seckenberg Frankfurt | SAW Projekt | |
| Dr. Heiko Stuckas | Senckenberg Dresden | SAW Projekt | genetics of chiroptera and shrews |
| Prof. Dr. Elly Tanaka | IMP Wien | SAW Projekt | |
| Prof. Dr. Madelaeine Böhme | Senckenberg Tübingen | taxonomy of fossil Castoridae | |
| Dr. Lutz Maul | Senckenberg Weimar | fossile Castoridae | |
| Dr. P.D. Thomas Moers | Reichsmuseum Stockholm | fossile Nagetiere | |
| Prof. Leonid Rekovets | Universität Breslau | fossile Castoridae | |
| Vitalii Demeshkant, pHd Student | University of Breslau | tooth enamel of equidae and Cervidae | |
In cooperation with the “Projektrguppe Säugetiere Sachsens” a bibliography on mammals from Saxony is maintained and the latest version from Dezembre 2011 can be found here.
Here are some informations on the distribution in an around Dresden (in German only) .
