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Zoological Museum: The college has a zoological museum, the first of its kind in the State of Mizoram. Zoological Museum was inaugurated on 5th August 2011 by Principal Dr Tawnenga.  This museum holds a collection of museum specimens required for classroom teaching and research activities. The museum also contains holo-type and new species described from Mizoram.
Zoological museum: 585 species with holotype and paratype.

About Online Zoological Museum:  The faculties and research scientists, Phd Scholars have described new species of animals and contributed to the science community. The Aim of the online muesum is to provide informations to the newly describes species and first report species in the Department of Zoology.  Zoology.

NEW SPECIES DESCRIBED
Earthworm (Annelida)
1) Eutypheous mizoramensis, Megadrilogica, Canada (2005)
 
Nematode (Nematoda)
1) Chordodes mizoramensis, ZooKeys, Bulgaria (2011)
2) Chordodes tjorvenae, Zootaxa, New Zealand (2016)
Fish (Pisces)
1) Pseudolaguvia virgulate, Zootaxa, New Zealand (2010)
2) Pseudolaguvia spicula, Zootaxa, New Zealand (2010)
3) Monopterus icthyophoides, Zootaxa, New Zealand (2011)
4) Glyptothorax scrobiculus, Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters, Germany (2012)
5) Glyptothorax maceriatus, Zootaxa, New Zealand (2012)
6) Schistura aizawlensis, Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters, Germany (2012)
7) Pseulaguvia nebula, Zootaxa, New Zealand (2013)
8) Garra dampaensis, Journal of Threatened Taxa, India (2014)
9) Glyptothorax radiolus, Zootaxa, New Zealand (2013)
10) Schistura maculosa, Zootaxa, New Zealand (2013)
11) Psilorhyncus khopai, Zootaxa, New Zealand (2014)
12) Eutropiichthys cetosus, Journal of Threatened Taxa, India (2014)
13) Olyra saginata, Zootaxa, New Zealand (2014)
14) Pethia rutile, Zootaxa, New Zealand (2014)
15) Schistura andrewi, Zootaxa, New Zealand (2014)
16) Schistura mizoramensis, Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters, Germany (2014)
17) Exostoma sawmteai, Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters, Germany (2015)
18) Psilorhynchus kaladanensis, Zootaxa, New Zealand (2015)
19) Psuedolaguvia fucosa, Zootaxa, New Zealand (2016)
20) Channa aurantipectoralis, Zootaxa, New Zealand (2016)
21) Physoschistura chhimptuipuiensis, Zootaxa, New Zealand (2016)
22) Laubuka parafasciata, Zootaxa, New Zealand (2017)
23) Hemimyzon indicus, Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters, Germany (2018)
24) Pterocryptis subrisa, Zootaxa, New Zealand (2018)
25) Channa stiktos, Vertebrate Zoology, Germany (2018)
26) Neolissochilus kaladanensis, Mitochondrial DNA (A), UK (2019)
27) Cabdio crassus, Zootaxa, New Zealand (2019)
28) Badis kaladanensis, PlosOne, USA (2021)
29) Amblyceps hmolaii, Molecular Biology Report, Switzerland (2022)