Repositories (N–Z)

"Paratype" redirects here. For the moth genus, see Paratype (genus).

N

Musea "N"

Acronym	Museum	Wikidata Parent institute
NA	National Arboretum, Pocheon, South Korea
NA	Herbarium, United States National Arboretum, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
NAP	Herbarium Neapolitanum, Dipartimento di Biologia Vegetale, Università Degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy
NBAIR	National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
NBM	National Butterfly Museum, England
NBPBC	National Base of Plague and Bruecellosis Control, Baicheng City, Jilin Province, China
NCA	Northwestern College of Agriculture
NCB-Naturalis	National Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis, Leiden, The Netherlands
NCBN	National Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis, Leiden, The Netherlands
NCBS	National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India
NCF	Northwestern College of Forestry, Yangling, China
NCHU	National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
NCIP	Pusat Penelitian dan Pengembangan Oseanologi, Jakarta
NCSU	North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
NCU	Insect Museum, National Chung-Hsin University, Taichung, Taiwan
NDG	Herbarium, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
NEFU	Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
NFIC	National Forest Insect Collection, Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun, India
NFU	Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
NH	KwaZulu-Natal Herbarium, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Durban, South Africa
NHM	Naturhistorisches Museum, Bern, Switzerland
NHMB	Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel, Switzerland
NHMBZ	Natural History Museum, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
NHMC	Natural History Museum, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
NHMD	Natural History Museum of Denmark, Denmark
NHMG	Naturhistoriska Museet, Göteborg, Sweden
NHMGA	Naturhistorischen Museums Grigore Antipa, Bukarest, Roumania
NHMHP	Natural History Museum of Hyôgo Prefecture
NHMK	Natural History Museum, Kathmandu, Nepal
NHML	Natural History Museum, London [see BMNH]
NHMO	Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway
NHMP	[Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, France, see MNHN]
NHMR	Natural History Museum, Rotterdam
NHMS	Natural History Museum of Shizuoka, Japan
NHMT	Natural History Museum, Tring, UK
NHMU	Museum für Naturkunde, Leibnitz Institut für Evolution und Biodiversitätsforschung, Berlin, Germany
NHMUM	Natural History Museum, Universiti Malaysia, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak
NHMV	See NHMW [for botany, see W]
NHMW	Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna, Austria [for botany, see W]
NHNM	Naturhistorisches Nationalmuseum, Prague, Czech Republic
NHRM	Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden
NHRS	[Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Sweden, see NHRM]
NHT	National Herbarium of Tanzania, Tropical Pesticides Research Institute, Arusha, Tanzania
NIAS	National Institute of Agro-Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
NIAES	National Institute of Agro-Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
NIBR	National Institute of Biological Resources, Incheon, South Korea
NICH	Herbarium, Hattori Botanical Laboratory, Nichinan-shi, Miyazaki-ken, Japan
NIFI	National Inland Fisheries Institute, Bangkok, Thailand
NIM	Nawa Insect Museum, Gifu, Japan
NIGP	Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
NIOJ	National Institute of Oceanology, Jakarta, Indonesia
NIWA	National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand
NKM	Naturkundemuseum, Berlin
NKU	Insect Collection, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
NKUM	Insect Collection, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China. (See NKU)
NM	National Museum in Prague
NMB	National Museum, Bloemfontein, South Africa
NMBA	Naturhistorisches Museum der Benedikiner-Abtei Admont, Admont, Austria
NMBAO	National Museum, Bloemfontein, South Africa
NMBZ	Invertebrate Collection, National History Museum of Zimbabwe, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
NME	Naturkundemuseum Erfurt
NMI	National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
NMK	National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya
NMKE	National Museum of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya
NML	Naturmuseum Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland
NMM	[National Museum of Victoria, see NMV]
NMMB(-P)	National Museum of Marine Biology & Aquarium, Pingtung, Taiwan
NMN	National Museum, Nairobi, Kenya
NMNH	National Museum of Natural History, Mdina, Malta
NMNHI	National Museum of Natural History, New Delhi, India [collection destroyed by fire, April 26, 2016]
NMNHM	National Museum of Natural History, Madrid, Spain
NMNH-P	Department of Vertebrate Paleozoology and Paleontological Museum, National Museum of Natural History, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv)
NMNHS	Insect Collection, National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
NMNHW	National Museum of Natural History, Washington, USA
NMNK	National Museum of Nepal, Chlauni, Kathmandu, Nepal
NMNS	National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan
NMNST	National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan
NMNSTJ	National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba, Japan
NMNW	National Museum of Namibia, Windhoek
NMNZ	[National Museum of New Zealand, New Zealand, see MONZ]
NMPC	Department of Entomology, National Museum Natural History, Prague, Czech Republic
NMPh	National Museum of the Philippines, Manilla, Philippines
NMRJ	National Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
NMS	National Museum of Singapore, Singapore
NMSA	(KwaZulu-)Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
NMSR	National Museum of South Rhodesia. See NMZB
NMTUN	Natural History Museum of Tribhuvan University, Nepal
NMV	National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
NMW	[Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, see NHMW]
NMWC	National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Wales, UK
NMZB	National Museum of Zimbabwe, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe [see also NMBZ
NMZL	National Museum of Zambia, Livingstone, Zambia
NNCNZ	National Nematode Collection New Zealand [Now part of NZAC]
NNM	Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, Leiden. The Netherlands
NOCC	Herbarium, National Orchid Conservation Center, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
NPC	National Pusa Collection, Division of Entomology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
NPIB	Northwest Plateau Institute of Biology, Xining, Qinghai, China
NPTS	Nature Protection Trust of Seychelles
NRCV	Nature Research Centre of Vilnius, Vilnius, Lithuania
NRIBAS	National Research Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
NRM	[Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Sweden, see [[NHRM]
NRS	[Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Sweden, see NHRM
NSC	Nikita Botanical Gardens, National Scientific Center, Yalta, Ukraine
NSM	Nevada State Museum, Carson City, Nevada
NSMT	National Science Museum, Tokyo, Japan
NSMW	Naturwissenschftlich Sammlung, Museum Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany
NSPRI	NSPR Institute, Lagos, Nigeria
NSW	National Herbarium of New South Wales, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
NSWA	New South Wales Agricultural Scientific Collection Trust, Biological and Chemical Research Institute, Rydalmere, New South Wales, Australia
NTM	Museum and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Australia
NTNUB	Department of Biology, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
NTOU	National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan
NTU	National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
NTUC	National Taiwan University Insect Museum, Taipeh, Taiwan
NTUIM	Insect Museum, Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
NTUMA	[National Taiwan University, see NTU
NU	Bews Herbarium, School of Biological & Conservation Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg campus, South Africa
NUH	National University, Hanoi, Vietnam
NUP	Núcleo de Pesquisa em Limnologia, Ictiologia e Aquicultura, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Brazil
NUS	National University of Singapore, Singapore
NWAFU	Entomological Museum, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
NWAU	Entomological Museum, Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
NWUJ	Nagoya Women's University, Nagoya, Japan
NY	herbarium, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York, USA
NZAC	New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Entomology Division, Landcare Research New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand
NZCS	National Zoological Collection of Suriname, Paramaribo, Suriname
NZOI	New Zealand Oceanographic Institute, Wellington, New Zealand

O

Musea "O"

Acronym	Museum	Wikidata * = Parent institute
O	Herbarium, Natural History Museum, Oslo, Norway
OAC	Herbarium, Botany Department, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
OAX	Herbario, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Santa Cruz, Xoxocotlán, Mexico
OBBFUL	Zoological Collection, oddelek za Biologijo, Biotehniška Fakulteta, univerza v ljubljani, ljubljana
OCDA	Odonata Collection of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Dali University, Yunnan, China
OCMT	Odawara Carcinological Museum, Tokyo, Japan
OMNH	Osaka Museum of Natural History, Osaka, Japan
OMNH2	Sam Noble Oklahoma State Museum of Natural History, Norman, Oklahoma, USA
OMNZ	Otago Museum, Dunedin, New Zealand
OMSI	Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Portland, Oregon, USA
OPU	Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka, Japan
ORE	University of Oregon Herbarium at OSC
OSC	Herbarium, Botany and Plant Pathology Department, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
OSU	Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
OSUC	[Ohio State University, Columbus, see OSU]
OSUF	Herbarium, Department of Wood Science and Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
OSUS	Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
OTA	Herbarium, Botany Department, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
OTAG	Geology Department, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
OUA	Herbier, Laboratoire de Biologie et Ecologie Végétales, Université de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
OUM	Oxford University Museum, Oxford, UK
OUMNH	University Museum of Natural History, Oxford, United Kingdom
OXF	Fielding-Druce Herbarium, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
OXUM	Oxford University Museum, Oxford, UK. See OUM

P

Musea "P"

Acronym	Museum	Wikidata * = Parent institute
P	Herbier du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France [See also MNHN]
P-JU	Jussieu herbarium at P
P-LAM	Jean-Baptiste Lamarck herbarium at P
PACL	Punjab Agricultural College & Research Institute, Lyallpur, Pakistan
PAN	Polish Academy of Science, Warsaw, Poland [See also MVP]
PC	Herbier Cryptogamique, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France [See also P and MNHN
PCZM	Presidency College, Museum of Zoology, Calcutta, India
PDBC	Project Directorate of Biological Control, Bangalore
PE	Chinese National Herbarium, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
PEM	Port Elizabeth Museum, Port Elizabeth, Republic of South Africa
PERC	Purdue Entomological Research Collection, West Lafayette, IN, USA
PEUFR	Herbário, Área de Botânica, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
PH	Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
PIAS	Palaeontological Institute, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, Russia
PIM	Paleontologicheskii Institut Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk (Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences), Moscow, Russia
PIN	See PIM
PIO	Pacific Institute of Oceanography, Far East Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia
PIP	Ecologie Virale, Institut Pasteur, Paris
PIRAS	Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
PKHH	private collection of Kai Heller, Germany, Heikendorf
PLKB	private collection of Lyudmila A. Komarova, Russia, Biysk
PMA	Herbarium, Universidad de Panamá, Panamá, Panama
PMAM	Beijing Natural History Museum, Beijing, China
PMBC	Phuket Marine Biological Centre Reference Collection, Phuket, Thailand
PMNH	Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
PMR	Natural History Museum Rijeka; Croatia
PMSL	Slovenian Museum of Natural History, Ljubljana, Slovenia
PNH	Philippine National Herbarium, National Museum, Manila, Philippines
POM	Pomona College Herbarium at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden [See RSA]
PORT	Herbario Universitario BioCentro-UNELLEZ, Portuguesa, Venezuela
POSU	Poinar amber collection, Oregon State University, Oregon, USA
POZG	Herbarium, The Natural History Collections Faculty, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
PPDRI	Department of Agricultural Zoology, Plant Pests and Diseases Research Institute, Tehran, Iran [For botany, see IRAN]
PPRI	Plant Protection Research Institute, Pretoria, South Africa
PQMAB	Plant Quarantine Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing
PR	Herbarium, Department of Botany, National Museum in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
PRC	Herbarium, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
PRE	National Herbarium, South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), Pretoria, South Africa
PRU	H. G. W. J. Schweickerdt Herbarium, Botany Department, University of Pretoria, South Africa
PSU	Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
PSUZC	Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Natural History Museum, Hat Yai, Thailand
PUC	A. P. Goossens Herbarium, Botany, School of Biological Sciences, North-West University, Republic of South Africa
PUCE	Pontifica Universidad Católica de Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
PUCP	Department of Zoology, Punjab University, Chandigarh, Punjab, India
PUP	Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, Patiala, India
PUPB	Department of Zoology, University of Plovdiv “Paisii Hilendarski”, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
PVSJ	Instituto y Museo de Ciencias Naturales, San Juan, Argentina [?vertebrate paleontology collection]
PWMP	Private Collection Werner Mohrig, Puddemin, Germany

Q

Musea "Q"

Acronym	Museum	Wikidata * = Parent institute
QCA	Herbario, Departamento de Biología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
QCAZ	Museo de Zoología, Pontifica Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
QCNE	Herbario Nacional del Ecuador, Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales, Quito, Ecuador
QDPI	Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Indooropilly, Queensland, Australia
QEC	Qingdao Education College, Qingdao, China [Now part of Qingdao Technical College]
QM	Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
QMB	[Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia] (see QM)
QMBA	[Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia] (see QM)
QMG	[Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia] (see QM)
QSBG	Queen Sirikit Botanical Garden Entomological Collection, Chiang Mai, Thailand
QTPMB	Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Academy of Sciences, Xining, China
QVM	Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

R

Musea "R"

Acronym	Museum	Wikidata * = Parent institute
R	Herbário, Departamento de Botânica, Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
RAF	Myanmar Forest Herbarium, Forest Research Institute, Yezin, Pyinmana Township, Myanmar
RAS	Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
RAWRC	Agriculture and Water Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
RB	Herbário, Instituto de Pesquisas, Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
RBCM	Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
RBINS	Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium
RCSM	Royal College of Surgeon's Museum, London, UK
RDC	Research & Development Center for Oceanography, Jakarta, Indonesia
RIB	[Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Brussels, see IRSNB]
RIEB	Research Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Tokyo, Japan
RIG	Herbarium, Department of Botany and Ecology, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
RLIKU	Research Laboratory of Ichthyology, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
RM	Raffles Museum, Singapore [now ZRC]
RM	Rocky Mountain Herbarium, Department of Botany, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA
RMAC	see MRAC
RMBR	Department of Biological Sciences, Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, National University of Singapore, Singapore
RMCA	see MRAC
RMNH	Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, Leiden, Netherlands [formerly Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie)]
RMS	Riksmuseet Stockholm, Sweden
RMSEL	Rocky Mountain Systematic Laboratory, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA
ROM	Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
ROMIZ	Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
ROST	Herbarium Rostochiense, Botanischer Garten, Universität Rostock, Germany
RPM	Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania
RSA	Herbarium, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, California, USA
RSM	Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, UK
RUSI	Rhodes University Smith Institute, Grahamstown, South Africa [now SAIAB]
RZMB	Royal Zoological Museum Berlin, Berlin, Germany

S

Musea "S"

Acronym	Museum	Wikidata * = Parent institute
S	Herbarium, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm
SADC/GEF	Southern African Development Community/Global Environmental Facility
SAFAI	Laboratorio di Entomologia, R. Stazione Sperimentale di Agrumicolturae Frutticoltura, Acireale, Sicily, Italy [status uncertain]
SAIAB	South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Grahamstown, South Africa [formerly RUSI, Rhodes University Smith Institute]
SAIMR	South African Institute for Medical Research, Johannesburg, South Africa
SAM/SAMC	[South African Museum, see SAMCT]
SAMA	South Australia Museum, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
SAMCT	South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa
SANC	South African National Collection of Insects, Pretoria, South Africa
SAR	Sarawak Herbarium, Forest Research Centre, Department of Forestry, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
SARAM	Sarawak Museum, Borneo
SAU	Herbarium, Department of Basic Courses, Sichuan Agricultural University, Yaan, Sichuan, China
SAUL	Shenyang Agricultural University, Liaoning, China
SBMNH	Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, California, United States
SBUK	Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Iran
SCAU	South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
SCN	Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle, Caracas, Venezuela
SCSFI	South China Sea Fisheries Institute, Guangzhou, China
SDEI	Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Müncheberg, Germany
SDMM	State Darwin Museum, Moscow, Russia
SDNHM	San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, USA
SDU	Shandong University, Jinan, China
SEAN	Museo Entomológico "S.E.A.", León, Nicaragua
SEHU	Systematic Entomology, Hokkaido University, Sappora, Japan
SEL	Herbarium, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, Sarasota, Florida, USA
SEM	Shanghai Entomological Museum, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai, China
SEMK	Snow Entomological Museum, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66044, USA
SFI	Morski Instytut Rybacki (Sea Fisheries Institute), Gdynia, Poland
SGO	Herbario, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Santiago, Chile
SHNU	Shanghai Normal University, China
SI	Herbarium, Instituto de Botánica Darwinion, San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina
SICMM	Sichuan Institute of Chinese Matria Medica
SIE	Shanghai Institute of Entomology, Academia Sinica, Shanghai, China
SIEES	Sammlung des Instituts zur Erforschung und Erhaltung der Schmetterlinge, e.V., Bochum, Deutschland
SIM	Shanghai Insect Museum, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
SING	Herbarium, Singapore Botanic Gardens, Singapore
SIZ	Department of Acarology, Shmalgausen Institute of Zoology, Kiev, Ukraine
SIO	Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
SIU	Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois, USA
SIZ	Shanxi Institute of Zoology, Shanxi, China
SIZK	Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, Kiew
SJRP	Herbário, Departamento Zoologia e Botânica, UNESP, Campus São José Rio Prêto, São José do Rio Prêto, São Paulo, Brazil
SLJG	Steiermarkisches Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria
SM	Strecker Museum, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA
SMB	State Museum of Biology, Moscow, Russia
SMBL	Museum of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, Sirahama, Japan
SMCR	Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
SME	Station Marine d'Endoume, Marseille, France
SMF	Forschungsinstitut und Natur-Museum Senckenberg, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany
SMK	Sarawak Museum Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
SMKM	Selangor Museum, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [Collection partly transferred to BMNH]
SML	State Museum, Leningrad
SMN	[Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, see SMNS]
SMNG	Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz, Germany; formerly State Museum of Natural History Görlitz
SMNH	Saskatchewan Museum of Natural History, Royal Saskatchewan Museum, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
SMNK	Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Karlsruhe, Germany
SMNS	Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart, Germany
SMOC	Silesian Museum, Opava, Czech Republic
SMS	Stettiner Museum, Stettin, Poland
SMT	[Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde, see MTKD]
SMTD	Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde, Dresden, Germany
SNG (SMF)	Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
SNHM-BS	State Natural History Museum Braunschweig, Germany
SNM	Museum of Natural History, Slovak National Museum, Bratislava, Slovakia
SNMG	Shinjiko Nature Museum, Gobius, Hirata, Shimane
SNMNH	Saudi Arabian National Museum of Natural History (Crustacea currently in SMF)
SNSD	Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden, Germany; formerly Staatliche Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden
SNU	Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
SP	Herbário, Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo, Brazil
SPCS	Sergio P. Carvalho e Silva personal collection, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
SPF	Herbário, Departamento de Botânica, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
SPM	Sabah Parks, Malaysia.
SR	Stonerose Interpretive Center, Republic, Washington, USA
SSBG	South Siberian Botanical Garden, Altai State University, Bernaul, Russia
SSTTU	Sumy State Teachers' Training University, Sumy, Ukraine
SSTU	School of Science, Tokai University, Japan
STC	Sichuan Teacher’s College, Nanchong, Sichuan, China
STR	Herbier, Institut de Botanique, Strasbourg, France
SU	[Stanford University, now in CAS]
SUCH	Colchic Herbarium, Sukhumi Botanical Garden of Georgian Academy of Sciences, Sukhumi, Georgia
SUFS	Shimonoseki University of Fisheries, Shimonoseki, Japan
SUMPHG	Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" Museum of Paleontology and Historical Geology, Bulgaria
SWMNH	[Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet (Swedish Museum of Natural History, see NHRM]
SWU	Southwest University School of Life Science in Beibei, Chongqing, China
SYNU	Shenyang Normal University, Shengyang, China
SYSU	Biological Museum of Sun Yat-Sen University of Guangzhou, China
SYSZ	Biological Museum of Sun Yat-sen University of Guangzhou, China
SZE	Zoology Department, Aegean University, Bornova-Izmir, Turkey
SZMK	Saitama Zoogeographical Museum, Kawaguchi, Japan
SZMN	Siberian Zoological Museum of the Institute of Animal Systematics and Ecology, Novosibirsk, Russia

T

Musea "T"

Acronym	Museum	Wikidata * = Parent institute
TAIF	Herbarium, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, Taipei, Taiwan
TAMU	Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, USA
TAN	Herbier, Département Botanique, Parc de Tsimbazaza, Antananarivo, Madagascar
TARI	Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Taichung, Taiwan
TARI ?	Herbarium, Botanical Department, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Tehran, Iran
TAU	Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
TBI	National Herbarium of Georgia, Institute of Botany, Georgian Academy of Sciences, Tbilisi, Georgia
TCD	Herbarium, School of Botany, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
TCWC	[Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collection, College Station, Texas, USA] (see BRTC)
TENN	University of Tennessee Herbarium, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
TESRI	Taiwan Endemic Species Research Institute, Chichi, Nantou, Taiwan
TEX	Herbarium, Plant Resources Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
TFIC	Tasmanian Forestry Insect Collection, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
TFRI	Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, Taipei
THNHM	Thailand Natural History Museum, Pathumthani, Thailand
THU	Department of Biology, Tunghai University, Taiwan
TI	Science College Museum, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan [Formerly Tokyo Imperial University]
TIO	Third Institute of Oceanography, SOA
TIU	[Tokyo Imperial University, now TI]
TKPM	Tokushima Prefectural Museum, Tokushima, Japan
TLF	Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck, Austria. (See TLMF)
TLMF	Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck, Austria
TLSRC	Texas Lepidoptera Survey Research Collection, Houston, Texas, USA
TM	[Transvaal Museum, see TMP]
TMAG	Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
TME	Toyosato Museum of Entomology, Tsukuba, Japan
TMH	Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
TMNH	Toyohashi Museum of Natural History, Aichi, Japan
TMP	Transvaal Museum, Pretoria, South Africa
TMSA	See TMP
TMT	Taiwan Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
TNHC	Texas Natural History Collection, Texas Memorial Museum, Austin, Texas, USA
TNHM	Thailand Natural History Museum, National Science Museum, Pathumthani Province, Thailand
TNHMC	Tianjin Natural History Museum, Tianjin, China
TNM	Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan
TNU	Department of Zoology, V. I. Vernadsky Taurida National University, Simferopol, Ukraine
TO	Herbarium, Department of Plant Biology, Università di Torino, Turin, Italy
TOYA	Toyama Science Museum, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
TPM	Tochigi Prefectural Museum, Tochigi, Japan
TRFI	Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, Taipei, Taiwan [For botany see TAIF]
TRT	Trouessart collections at [[[MNHN]]]
TSMF	See TLMF
TSMHN	Teylers Strichtina Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands
TSUM	Tyumen State University Museum of Zoology, Tyumen, Russia
TTU	Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA
TU	F. Edward Hebert Research Center, Museum of Natural History, Tulane University, Belle Chasse, Louisiana, USA
TUB	Herbarium Tubingense, Institut für Evolution und Ökologie, Universität Tübingen, Germany
TUC	Herbarium, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
TUAJ	Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan
TUKN	Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Nepal
TZM	[National Science Museum, Japan, see NSMT]
TUZM	Museum of Zoology, Turku University, Finland

U

Musea "U"

Acronym	Museum	Wikidata * = Parent institute
U	[National Herbarium of the Netherlands, Herbarium Utrecht, now at L]
UADBA	Département de Biologie Animale de Université d’Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar
UALVP	University of Alberta, Edmonton, Laboratory for Vertebrate Paleontology
UAM	Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Biología, Mérida, Venezuela
UASB	Department of Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India
UASK	Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, Lenin Street, 15, 252650, Kiev 30, Ukraine
UASL	Nature Museum, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Lvov, Ukraine
UAT	Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Ciudad Victoria, México
UAZ	Amphibian and Reptile Collection, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson 85720, Arizona, USA
UB	Herbário, Departamento de Botânica, Universidade de Brasília, Brasilia, Brazil
UBC-SEM	Spencer Entomological Museum of the University of British Columbia, Canada
UC	University Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
UCA	Universitair Centrum, Antwerpen
UCB	University of California, Essig Museum of Entomology, Department of Entomological Sciences, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
UCCC	Museo de Zoologia de la Universidad de Concepcíon, Chile
UCCIPR	University College of the Cariboo, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
UCD	University of California, The Bohart Museum of Entomology, Davis, CA 95616, USA
UChS	Museo Entomologico, Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Agronomia, Casilla 1004, Santiago, Chile
UCM	University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Broadway between 15th & 16th Streets, Boulder, Colorado 80309, U.S.A
UCMP	University of California Museum of Paleontology, Valley Life Sciences Bldg., Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
UCR	Coleccion de Herpetología / Museo de Zoología, Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
UCRC	University of California, Riverside Entomological Research Museum, USA
UEC	Herbário, Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
UF	Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611-7800, U.S.A
UFBA	Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
UFC	Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
UFMT	Herbário Central, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Brazil
UFPC	Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
UFPR	Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
UFRB	Université de Franche-Compté Besançon, France
UFRGS	Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre
UFRN	Herbário, Botânica, Ecologia e Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
UGA	University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
UG/CSBD	University of Guyana in Georgetown
UHIM	University of Hawaii Insect Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
UIB	Department of Biology, University of Inchon, Inchon
UIMNH	University of Illinois, Museum of Natural History, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
UIST	Colección Ictiológica, Escuela de Biología, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga
UJA	Universidad de Jaén, Andalucía, Spain
UK	University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
ULABG	Laboratorio de Biogeografía de la Universidad de Los Andes‎, Mérida, Venezuela
UM	Umtali Museum
UM	University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
UMB	Übersee Museum, Bremen, Germany
UMC	University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy
UMCE	Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educacion, Santiago, Chile
UMDC	University of Maryland Insect Collection, College Park, Maryland, USA
UMJG&P	Universalmuseum Joanneum, Department for Geology & Palaeontology, Styria, Austria
UMKL	University of Malaya, Zoology Department, Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur 22-11, Malaysia
UMML	University of Miami Marine Laboratory, Miami, Florida, USA
UMMZ	University of Michigan, Museum of Zoology, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104, USA
UMNH	Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City, USA
UMO	Hope Entomological Collections, University Museum, Park Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 3PW, England, UK
UMSM	University Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia
UMSP	University of Minnesota, Department of Entomology, 219 Hodson Hall, 1980 Folwell Ave., St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
UMSS	Universidad Mayor de San Simón, Cochabamba, Bolivia
UMW	University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
UMZ	University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EJ, UK
UMZC	University Museum, Department of Zoology, Cambridge, England
UNA	Herbarium, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
UNAM	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Colección Entomológica, Instituto de Biología, Apdo. Postal 70133, Mexico, Distrito Federal 04510, Mexico
UNB	Universidad Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia
UNC	Museo de Historia Natural de La Universidad Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia
UNCEN	Universitas Cenderawasih, Jayapura, Irian Jaya, Indonesia
UNIMAS	University Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia
UNMDP	Laboratorio de Biotaxonomía Morfológica y Molecular de Peces of the Univ. Nacional de Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata, Argentina
UNMF	Ubonratchathani University Natural History Museum of Fisheries, Ubonratchathani, Thailand
UNMSM	Museu Javier Prado, UNMSM, Lima, Peru
UNR	Herbario, Botánica y Ecología Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Zavalla, Santa Fe, Argentina
UNSM	University of Nebraska State Museum
UNT	Universidad Nacional de Tucuman, Argentine
UOK	Department of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, University of Kerala, India
UOPJ	Entomological Laboratory, University of Osaka Prefecture, Mosu, Umemachi Sakai, Osaka 593, Japan
UP	Biology Department, University of Papua and New Guinea, University P.O. Box 4820, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
UPLB	Natural History Museum, University of Philippenes at los Baños, Philippines
UPR	Herbarium, Botanical Garden of the University of Puerto Rico
UPRG	Universidad Nacional Pedro Ruiz Gallo, Departmento de Fitotécnica, Museo de Entomología, Apartado 3, Lambayeque, Lambayeque, Peru
UPRM	Universidad de Puerto Rico, Departamento de Biología, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 00708, USA
UPRP	Universidad de Puerto Rico, Departamento de Biología, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico 00931, USA
UPS	Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound, 1500 N. Warner St., CMB 1088, Tacoma, WA, USA
UPS	Museum of Evolution, Botany Section, Evolutionary Biology Center, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
UPS-THUNB	Thunberg Herbarium, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
UPZB	Federal University of Paraná, Department of Zoology, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
UQIC	Insect Collection, Department of Entomology, University of Queensland, Saint Lucia, Queensland 4067, Australia (Holotypes were transferred to QMBA)
URB	University of the Ryukyus, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, Biology and Marine Science, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan
URI	Ukrainian Research Institute for Plant Protection, Kiev, Ukraine
URIZ	Universita di Roma, Instituto di Zoologia, Roma, Italy
URM	University of the Ryukyus, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, Biology and Marine Science, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan
URM-P	University of the Ryukyus, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, Biology and Marine Science, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan
URP	Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Ricardo Palma, Lima, Peru
US	United States National Herbarium, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C
USC	University of San Carlos, Negros Occidental, Philippines
USDEP	University of Suriname, Department of Entomology, Paramaribo, Suriname
USKO	University of Sofia, Kliment Ohridsky, Sofia, Bulgaria
USM	Herbario, Division de Botánica, Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru
USM	University of Southern Mississippi
USMB	Upper Silesian Museum, Bytom, Poland
USNM	National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, U.S.A.	Q148554
USNPC	United States National Parasitological Collection, Maryland, USA
USNTC	United States National Tick Collection, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro GA 30460, USA
USP	Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
USU	Utah State University, Department of Biology, Entomological Museum, Logan, UT 84332, USA
USZ	Herbario del Oriente Boliviano, Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
UT	Garrett Herbarium, Utah Museum of Natural History, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
UTA	University of Texas at Arlington, Department of Biological Sciences, UTA Box 19489, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA
UTC	Intermountain Herbarium, Biology Department, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA
UTEP	University of Texas at El Paso, Laboratory for Environmental Biology, Centennial Museum, 500 West University Avenue, El Paso, TX 79968-0519, USA
UU	University of Utah, Department of Biology, 1400 E. 2nd South Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
UUZM	Uppsala University, Museum of Evolution, Zoology Section, Sweden
UV	Universidad del Valle, Guatemala City, Guatemala
UVC	Museo de Vertebrados, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
UW	Burke Museum (University of Washington, Seattle)
UWBM	Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
UWIM	University of Wyoming Insect Museum, Laramie, USA
UWZM	University of Wisconsin Zoology Museum
UZIL	Universitets Zoologiska Institut, Lund, Sweden
UZM	Universitetets Zoologiske Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark
UZMC	University of Copenhagen, Zoological Museums, Department of Entomology, Universitetsparken, Copenhagen DK-2100, Denmark
UZMH	Zoological Museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, P. Rautatiek 13, Helsinski, SF-00100, Finland
UZMO	Universitetet i Oslo, Zoologisk Museum, Sarsgaten 1, Oslo 5, Norway

V

Musea "V"

Acronym	Museum	Wikidata * = Parent institute
VALLE	Herbario, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Palmira, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
VBC	Vitor O. Becker Collection, Planatina, Brazil
VDB	Herbarium, Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
VEN	Herbario Nacional de Venezuela, Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela Dr. Tobías Lasser, Caracas, Venezuela
VM	Vienna Museum, Vienna, Austria
VMFC	Vatandoust and Mousavi-Sabet Fish Collection, Tehran
VMM	Vanderbilt Marine Museum, Long Island, New York, USA
VNIRO	Institute of Oceanography, Moscow, Russia
VNMN	National Museum of Nature (Hanoi), Vietnam
VPC	Volker Pelz Collection, Ruppichteroth, Germany
VPU	Biosystematics Division, Department of Zoology, Vilnius Pedagogical University, Vilnius, Lithuania
VRTC	Vietnam-Russia Tropical Centre, Hanoi, Vietnam
VUW	Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand

W

Musea "W"

Acronym	Museum	Wikidata * = Parent institute
W	Herbarium, Department of Botany, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna, Austria
WA	Herbarium, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland
WAG	Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Wageningen University branch, Wageningen, Netherlands
WAM	Western Australia Museum, Francis Street, Perth, Western Australia 6000, Australia
WARC	Wallaceville Animal Research Centre, Upper Hutt, New Zealand
WCAB	Werner C. A. Bokermann collection, now transferred to MZUSP
WILD	Wildlife Information Liaison Development, Coimbatore, India
WIS	Herbarium, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
WRM	Whanganui Regional Museum, New Zealand (formerly Wanganui Public Museum)
WS	Marion Ownbey Herbarium, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA
WSU	Washington State University, Department of Entomology Collection, Pullman, Washington, USA
WU	Herbarium, Faculty Center Botany, Department of Plant Systematics and Evolution, Faculty of Life Sciences, Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria

X

Musea "X"

Acronym	Museum	Wikidata * = Parent institute
XAL	Herbario, Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Xalapa, Veracruz
XNC	Department of Biology, Xinxiang Normal College, Xinxiang, Henan, P.R. China

Y

Musea "Y"

Acronym	Museum	Wikidata * = Parent institute
YAU	Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, China
YCM	Yokosuka City Museum, Yokosuka, Japan
YH	Yukihiko Hirano private collection, Kanagawa, Japan
YIED	Yunnan Institute of Endemic Diseases Control and Prevention, Dali, Yunnan, China
YPM	Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
YU	Yale University Herbarium, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
YU	Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan, P.R. China

Z

Musea "Z"

Acronym	Museum	Wikidata * = Parent institute
Z	Herbarium, Institut für Systematische Botanik, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
ZAUC	Zhejiang Agricultural University, China
ZBI	Institute of Zoology and Botany at Estonian Agricultural University, Tartu, Estonia
ZCDM	Zhucheng Dinosaur Museum, Shandong, China
ZCUD	Zoological Collection of the University of Debrecen, Hungary
ZDEU	Zoology Department, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
ZFBS	Zentrum für Biodokumentation, Saarbrücken
ZFC	Zhejiang Forestry College, China
ZFMK	Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Adenaueralle 160, Bonn D-53113, Germany
ZHUB	See ZMHU
ZIAS	Zoological Institute, Academy of Science, of Armenia
ZIASL	Zoological Institute, Academy of Sciences, Leningrad, Russia
ZIHU	Hiroshima University, Zoological Institute, 1-1-89 Higashi-senda-machi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima 30, Japan
ZIJ	Zoological Institute, University of Jena, Germany
ZIK	Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute, 252.150 Kiev 30, Ukraine
ZIL	Museum of Zoology, Lund University, Helgonav 3, Lund S-223, Sweden
ZIN	Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia. (Formerly ZIL, Zoological Institute, Leningrad, USSR Academy of Sciences, Leningrad.)
ZISP	See ZIN
ZITIU	Zoological Institute, Tokyo Imperial University, Japan
ZIUG	Zoologisches Institut, Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany. Transferred to ZFMK in 1977
ZIUS	Universitetes Stockholm, Zoologiska Institutionen, Box 6801, 113 86 Stockholm, Sweden
ZIUU	Uppsala Universitet, Zoologiska Museum, Villvägen 9, Box 561, 75 122 Uppsala, Sweden
ZIUW	Universität Wien, Zoologisches Institut, Dr.-Karl-Lueger-Ring 1, 1010 Vienna, Austria
ZJUH	Zhejiang Agricultural and Forest University, Lin’an, China
ZLK	Zoologische Landessammlungen, Karlruhe, Germany
ZLKU	Zoological Laboratory Kyushu University, Japan
ZLMU	Zoological Laboratory, Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan
ZMA	Universiteit van Amsterdam, Zoologisch Museum, Plantage Middenlaan 53, Amsterdam C, Netherlands
ZMAN	Zoologisch Museum, Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoologie, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Plantage Middenlaan 64, Amsterdam 1018 DH, Netherlands
ZMAS	Zoological Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
ZM-CBSU	Collection of the Biology Department, Shiraz University, Iran
ZMB	Museum für Naturkunde, Universität Humboldt, Invalidenstrasse 43, 104 Berlin, Germany
ZMBBU	Zoological Museum of the Babeş-Bolyai University, Romania
ZMBG	Zoological Museum of the Botanic Gardens, Bogor, Indonesia
ZMBI	Zoological Museum, Biological Institute, Novosibirsk, Russia
ZMBJ	Zoologische Museum Buitenzorg, Java, Indonesia
ZMC	Universitets København, Zoologisk Museum, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
ZMFK	See ZFMK
ZMFM	Zoological Museum of the Finnish Museum of Natural History, Helsinki, Finland
ZMG	Zoologischen Museums Greifswald. Griefswald, Germany
ZMH	Zoologisches Institut und Museum, Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King Platz 3, D-2000 Hamburg 13, Germany
ZMHB	See ZMB
ZMHU	Zoologisches Museums der Humboldt Universität, Berlin, Germany. (Now LIEB; see also ZMB)
ZMJU	Zoological Museum, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
ZMK	Zoological Museum, Oslo, Norway
ZMKU	Kiev University Zoological Museum, Kiev, Ukraine
ZMKSU	Zoological Museum of the Kijev State University, Kijev, Ukraine. (= Zoological Museum, Kiev National Taras Shevchenko University, Kiev???)
ZMLG	Zoologisches Museum, Lübeck, Germany
ZML	Lunds Universitet, Zoologiska Institutionen, Helgonavägen 3, 223 62 Lund, Sweden
ZMLU	See ZML
ZMM	Zoological Museum of M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University, 6, Bolshaya Nikitskaya Str., Moscow 103009, Russia
ZMMSU	see ZMM
ZMMU	see ZMM
ZMNH	Zhejiang Museum of Natural History, Hangzhou, P.R. China
ZMO	Zoological Museum, Sars gt. 1, 0318 Oslo, Norway
ZMPU	Zoology Museum, Dept. of Zoology, Punjabi University, India
ZMR	Zoological Museum, Rome, Italy
ZMTI	Zoological Museum, College of Agriculture, Tehran University, Karaj, Iran
ZMTU	Zoological Museum Tartu University, Estonia
ZMUC	See ZMC
ZMUH	Zoologisches Museum der Universität Hamburg, Germany
ZMUHF	Zoological Museum, University of Helsinki, Finland
ZMUJ	Zoological Museum, the Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland (See MZUJ)
ZMUK	See ZMKU
ZMUL	Zoologisk Museum, The University, Lund, Sweden
ZMUM	see ZMM
ZMUN	Zoological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan
ZMUO	Zoological Museum University of Oulu, Finland
ZMUP	Museo Zoologico, (Istituto di Zoologia, Zoologia Comparativo e Genetico) Università di Padova, Italy
ZMUT	[Museum of Zoology, Turku University, see TUZM]
ZMUU	Zoologiska Museet, Uppsala Universitet, P.O. Box 561, S-751 22 Uppsala, Sweden
ZMUZ	Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Entomologisches Institut, Zürich, Schweiz
ZMV	Zoological Museum of Vienna (= Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria, NHMW)
ZMVNU	See ZMHU
ZRC	Zoological Reference Collection, Department of Zoology, University of Singapore, Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 10. (Formerly National Museum & formerly Raffles Museum)
ZSBS	Zoologische Sammlung des Bayerischen Staates, München, Germany
ZSI	Zoological Survey of India, National Zoological Collection, 34, Chittaranjan Avenue, Calcutta, West Bengal 700 012, India
ZSIC	Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata. 27 JL Nehru Road, Klkata, 700 016, India. Formerly Indian Museum
ZSI-E	Zoological Survey of India, Eastern Regional Station, Shillong, India. (Now amalgamated with ZSI collections.)
ZSI-EBRC	Zoological Survey of India, Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Hilltop, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Odisha 761 002, India
ZSI-M	Zoological Survey of India, Mylapore, Madras 600 004, India
ZSI-NRC	Zoological Survey of India, Northern Regional Centre (or Station), Dehra Dunn, India
ZSI-SRS	See ZSI-NRC
ZSI-WRC	Zoological Survey of India, Western Regional Centre (or Station), Pune, India
ZSI-WRS	See ZSI-WRC
ZSM	Zoologische Staatssammlung, Münchhausenstr. 21, 81247 Munich, Germany.
ZSMB	See ZSM
ZSMC	See ZSM
ZSSM	See ZSM
ZSZMH	Zoologisches Staatsinstitut und Zoologisches Museum, Hamburg, Germany
ZUEC	Museu de História Natural, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13081-970 Campinas, S.P, Brazil
ZUFRJ	Departamento de Zoolgia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 68044, 21944-970 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
ZVC	Sección Zoología, Colección de Vertebrados de la Facultad de Ciencias, Montevideo, Uruguay
ZY	Herbarium, Zunyi Normal College, Zunyi, Guizhou, China

See also

• Repositories (A–M)
• Category:Private collections