Zoological Collections Staff: Curator: Dr T.S. Kemp , MA, Ph.D. Assistant Curator : Dr M.A. Wills , BSc, Ph.D. Honorary Associate Curator : Mr J. Davies, MA. Honorary Associate Curator : Mr A. DiMauro, BA, MA. Honorary Associate Curator : Dr C.A. Norris, MA, D.Phil. Opposite: Malurus splendens splendens (Blue Fairy-wren), collected in October 1842, Perth, Western Australia by John Gilbert Collections: The Zoological Collections comprise more than 250,000 specimens, with 1,100 types and much historically important material including many extinct and endangered species. Opposite: Petrolistes desmarestii , collected in February 1835 by Charles Darwin on the voyage of the beagle Beagle The Oxford collections are of national and international significance; collections of particular importance are: - Birds (O.V. Aplin, W.J.Burchell, J. Barrow, H.Jones-Brydges, H.S. Rohu, S.W. Silver, R.H. Thomas, W.H. Treacher)
- Molluscs (S.D. Bairstow, W.T. Elliott, A.P. Gardiner, F.P. Pascoe, W.H. Turton, Wollaston)
- Crustacea (T. Bell, R. Gurney, G.W. Smith)
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