Virtually all recent accessions include full skeletal material and frozen tissue samples in conjuction with standard skins. The mammal collection is nearly fully cataloged and partially computerized. The computerized catalog is currently being converted to modern software format. The frozen tissue collection was started in 1998. Currently, it contains samples from approximatley 350 specimens.
Samples are primarily from mammal specimens but with smaller numbers of other taxa represented.
Frozen samples include heart, liver, kidney, embryos, and parasites.