Аннотация:SIZK) having the Ukrainian National Heritage status are reviewed.The history of their formation and importance for the development of fundamental and applied science are shown.They contain over 6.1 million conservation units forming 328 collections and almost 50000 animal species and holotypes of ca.1600 species and subspecies.The helminth collection contains 3000 species in 1 million conservation units (including types of 56 species).Invertebrates (except insects and arachnoids) are represented by several thousand species, including 80 type series.The acari collection contains over 700 species, almost 120 of them are represented by type specimens.The insect collection consisting of 46000 species is by far the largest one and contains more than 1400 holotypes.The collection of bernstain inclusions consists of 4043 examples containing more than 13000 arthropods (including over 150 type specimens) and plants.Collections preserved at the Institute also represent faunistic, anatomical, and morphological collections and genetically marked samples of vertebrates of various classes.Data on functioning of the zoological research funds at the international level are given.
