The State Museum of Zoology () in Dresden is a

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that houses 10,000–50,000 specimens, including skeletons and large insect collections. Many are

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. The collection suffered war damage and whilst catalogued the database is not computerized. Loans are possible and material can be studied in the collection. The address is Augustusstrasse 2, D-01067

Dresden Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most p ...

, Germany. The museum's collections contain more than 6 million items from all over the world. The museum publishes the scientific

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''Vertebrate Zoology''.

External links

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Homepage in EnglishWebsite of Vertebrate Zoology

Zoology Zoology ( , ) is the scientific study of animals. Its studies include the anatomy, structure, embryology, Biological classification, classification, Ethology, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinction, extinct, and ...

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