Mammals Visits

Mammals

Due to heightened risks of losing specimens/shipments due to increased holiday shipping volume and the need to provide a break to staff to focus on internal priorities before the start of the new year, the FMNH Mammal Collection will not be sending or receiving loans through January 9, 2026 or hosting visitors December 15 - January 9.

Amphs & Repts

Amphibians & Reptiles - Loans and Collection Visits

Amphibians and Reptiles Collections have a loan moratorium until January 2026. Please contact us again on/after February 1, 2026.

Thanksgiving closure 2025

The Museum will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, November 27. We will re-open Friday, November 28 at 9am.

Staff Holiday Party--Early closure

On Wednesday, December 17, 2025, the Museum will close early at 3:00pm, last admission at 2:00pm, in preparation for a special event.

Christmas eve 2025--early closure

The Field Museum will close early on Wednesday, December 24 at 3pm (last entry at 2pm). The Museum will be closed on Thursday, December 25 and will reopen on Friday, December 26 with regular hours from 9am-5pm (last entry at 4pm).

Christmas closure 2025

The Museum will be closed for the Christmas holiday on Thursday, December 25. We will re-open Friday, December 26 at 9am.

Bears Game 12/14/2025

Soldier Field is hosting a Chicago Bears game on Sunday, December 14 at 12:00pm.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.fieldmuseum.org/directions-parking">Parking</a>&nbsp;will not be available at Soldier Field, and there will be increased traffic around the museum. Public transportation is highly recommended. Parking is available off Museum Campus at McCormick Place or Millenium Park garages.

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Bones Gallery

Habitats Gallery

Mammal Gallery

Skull Key

Skin Key

Thomas, 1892. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 6, 9: 254.

A tiny, deer-like animal.  There are no antlers, but adults have long, conspicuous canines.  The back is covered with dark brown fur with black and orange mottling.  There are two pale bars that cross the throat and upper chest region.

Recorded only on Balabac (FMNH) and adjacent small islands, including Bugsuk and Ramos (Oliver, unpubl. data).

Poorly known.  Primary and secondary forest and scrub.  Reported as abundant on Balabac despite continued hunting.  A female had a single embryo (Hoogstraal, 1951; Rabor, 1986).

Species widespread and common. The Philippine population is highly restricted but reported to be locally common in some areas in 1993, despite continuous heavy hunting pressure (Oliver et al., unpubl. data).

Formerly included as a subspecies of T. napu, but now recognized as a distinct species (Meijaard and Groves, 2004; Grubb, 2005).

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Tragulus nigricans Thomas, 1892

Common Name: Balabac mouse-deer