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The Bavarian State Collection of Zoology (german: Zoologische Staatssammlung München) or ZSM is a major
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research institution for
zoological Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and dis ...
systematics in
Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...
. It has over 20 million
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. It is one of the largest natural history collections in the world. The sections are Entomology,
Invertebrates Invertebrates are a paraphyletic group of animals that neither possess nor develop a vertebral column (commonly known as a ''backbone'' or ''spine''), derived from the notochord. This is a grouping including all animals apart from the chordat ...
and
Vertebrates Vertebrates () comprise all animal taxa within the subphylum Vertebrata () (chordates with backbones), including all mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish. Vertebrates represent the overwhelming majority of the phylum Chordata, with c ...
. The history of the museum is outlined on the museum's home page together with a biography of Johann Baptist von Spix the first curator of zoology.


See also

* Museum Witt Museum Witt Munich (MWM) is a department of the Bavarian State Collection of Zoology (Zoologische Staatssammlung München). * List of museums in Germany *
List of natural history museums This is a list of natural history museums, also known as museums of natural history, i.e. museums whose exhibits focus on the subject of natural history, including such topics as animals, plants, ecosystems, geology, paleontology, and climatolog ...


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External links


ZSM Homepage

ZSM Homepage
Natural history museums in Germany Museums in Munich {{Germany-museum-stub