National University of Hanoi

Zoological Museum

Director:
Mr Vu Ngoc Thanh
email: <vnthanh@fpt.vn>
Location:
19 Le Thanh Tong
Ha Noi, Viet Nam

Mailing address:
c/o Department of Vertebrate Zoology
Faculty of Biology
National University of Hanoi
334 Nguyen Trai, Thanh Xuan District, Ha Noi

Fax: +84 (4) 85.82331
Mobile: 84 (4) 0913 544 615

The museum contains about 1000 large mammal, 3000 bird, over 400 fish, over 650 snake and some turtle specimens. Many specimens, including a mounted collection, date from the French colonial period. The museum includes important regional material.

AVSL with support from the Australia-Vietnam Project and (essential support from) Coombs Computing Unit, provided a computer and software to asssist in preparing a computerised accession list and catalogue. We are seeking grants to help us finish this work. The museum is poorly housed and needs support both to protect specimens and to make them more accessible to scientists.


Mammal Species at the Zoological Museum

categorytaxoncommon name
I.1.1.2Hylomys suillus microtinus Thomaslesser gymnure
I.3.2.1Talpa klossi ThomasKloss's mole
I.4.1.1Parascaptor leucura BlythAssam mole
I.8.1.1Suncus murinus (Linnaeus)house shrew
III.1.1.1Dendrogale murina Schlegel et Mullernorthern smooth tailed treeshrew
III.2.1.1Tupaia glis modesta J. AllenCommon tree shrew
III.3.1.1Nycticebus coucang bengalensis (Fisher)Slow loris
III.3.2.1Nycticebus pygmaeus BonhotePygmy loris
III.4.1.1Macaca nemestrina leonina Blythpig tailed macaque
III.4.3.1Macaca mulatta mulatta (Zimmerman)Rhesus macaque
III.4.4.1Macaca assamaensis M'ClellandAssamese macaque
III.4.5.1Macaca arctoides I. Geoffroystump tailed macaque
III.5.1.1Presbytis cristatus caudalis DaoSilvery lutong
III.5.3.1Presbytis phayrei crepusculus ElliotPhayre's langur
III.5.4.1Presbytis francoisi francoisi (Pousargues)Francois' langur
III.5.4.1Presbytis francoisi hatinhensis DaiFrancois' langur
III.5.4.2Presbytis francoisi poliocephalus (Trouessart)Cat Ba langur
III.5.4.3Presbytis francoisi delacouri (Osgood)Delacour's langur
III.6.1.1Pygathrix nemaeus nemaeus (Linnaeus)Red shanked langur
III.6.1.2Pygathrix nemaeus nigripes (Milne-Edwards)Black shanked langur
III.6.2.1Pygathrix avunculus (Dollman)Tonkin snub nose langur
III.7.1.1Hylobates concolor concolor (Harlan)Concolor gibbon
III.7.2.1Hylobates leucogenys leucogenys OgilbyConcolor gibbon
III.7.2.3Hylobates leucogenys gabriellae Thomaswhite cheeked gibbon
V.1.1.1Vulpes vulpes hoole Swinhoered fox
V.2.1.1Canis aureus indicus Hodgsongolden jackel
V.3.1.1Cuon alpinus adustus Pocockdhole
V.4.1.1Nyctereutes procyonides Grayraccoon-dog
V.5.1.1Helarctos malayanus (Raffles)sun bear
V.6.1.1Selenarctos thibetanus (Cuvier)Asiatic black bear
V.7.1.1Mustela strigidorsa Grayback-striped weasel
V.7.2.1Mustela kathiah Hodgsonyellow-bellied weasel
V.8.1.1Martes flavigulo indochinensis Klossyellow-throated marten
V.9.1.1Melogale moschata taxilla (Thomas)small-toothed ferret-badger
V.10.1.1Arctonys collaris dictator Thomashog badger
V.12.1.1Lutra lutra chinensis GrayEurasian otter
V.13.1.1Arctitis binturong albifrons (Cuvier)binturong
V.15.1.1Chirotogale owstoni ThomasOwston's banded civet
V.18.1.1Herpestes javanicus exilis (Gervais)small Asian mongoose
V.18.2.1Herpestes urva (Hodgson)crab-eating mongose
V.18.3.1Herpestes birmanicus Thomassmall Asian mongoose
V.19.1.1Paguma larvata intrudens Wroughtonmasked palm civet
V.20.2.2Paradoxurus hermaphroditus laotum Gyldenstolpecommon palm civet
V.21.1.1Prinodon pardicolor Hodgsonspotted linsang
V.22.1.1Viverra zibetha picta Wroughtonlarge Indian civet
V.23.1.1Viverricula malacensis thai Klosssmall Indian civet
V.Felis leo lion
V.Felis lynx lynx
V.24Felis catus Linnaeusdomestic cat
V.24.1.1Felis chaus fluvidina (Thomas)jungle cat
V.24.2.1Felis marmorata Martinmarbled cat
V.24.3.1Felis temminckii Vigors et Horsfieldgolden cat
V.24.4.1Felis bengalensis KerrBengal cat
V.25.1.1Neofelis nebulosa (Griffith)clouded leopard
V.26.1.1Panthera pardus chinensis Brassleopard, panther
V.26.2.1Panthera tigris corbetti Mazaktiger
V.27.1.1Canis familiaris Linnaeusdomestic dog
VIII.4.1.1Equus caballus Linnaeushorse
IX.1.1.1Manis pentadentyla aurita HodgsonChinese pangolin
IX.1.2.1Manis javanica DesmarestSunda pangolin
X.1.2.1Lepus nigricollis vassali HodgsonIndian hare
XI.1.1.1Sus scrofa cristatus Wagnerwild boar
XI.2.1.1Tragulus javanicus affinis GrayMalay mouse-deer
XI.3.1.1Moschus chrysogaster caobangis DaoVietnamese forest musk deer
XI.4.1.1Muntiacus muntjak vaginalis (Boddaert)yellow foot barking deer
XI.4.1.2Muntiacus muntjak nigripes Allenbarking deer
XI.4.1.3Muntiacus muntjak annamensis KlossAnnam barking deer
XI.5.2.1Cervus unicolor equinus Cuviersambar deer
XI.5.3.1Cervus eldi siamensis Lydekkerbrow antlered deer
XI.5.4.1Cervus nippon pseudaxis Gervaissika deer
XI.6.1.1Axis procinus annamiticus (Heude)hog deer
XI.7.1.1Bos gaurus readi Lydekkergaur
XI.7.2.1Bos javanicus birmanicus Lydekkerbanteng
XI.9.1.1Capricornis sumatrensis maratimus Heudesouthern serow
XI.9.2.1Capra hircus Linnaeusgoat
XIII.10.1.1Acanthion klossi Thomas  
XIII.10.2Hystrix brachyura Linnaeus  
XIII.10.2Hystrix cristatus Linnaeus  
XIII.10.2Hystrix hodgsoni (Gray)  
XIII.10.2.1Acanthion subcristata (Swinhoe)  
XIII.11.1.1Atherurus macrourus (Linnaeus)brushtailed porcupine


Species in Museum in Vietnamese Language (VIQR Format) Text File


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