Sexual dimorphism of body size in taxidermy specimens of Equus quagga quagga Boddaert (Equidae)
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DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2020.1736678
Abstract: Mare taxidermy specimens of quaggas (Equus quagga quagga, an extinct subspecies of the plains zebra that was endemic to South Africa) are significantly longer and marginally taller than stallions –... read more here.
Keywords: quagga; taxidermy specimens; equus quagga; quagga quagga ... See more keywords
Why look at taxidermy animals? Exhibiting, curating and mourning the Sixth Mass Extinction Event
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DOI: 10.1080/13527258.2020.1844276
Abstract: ABSTRACT What role do museums play in elevating the Sixth Mass Extinction Event within public consciousness? How is an increasing awareness of human-made extinctions and global biodiversity loss transforming the representational techniques employed by natural… read more here.
Keywords: sixth mass; extinction; mass extinction; natural history ... See more keywords
Multispecies Interferences: Taxidermy and the Return of Wolves Taxidermy and the Return of Wolves
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DOI: 10.16995/ee.1434
Abstract: As in other countries in Central and Western Europe, the return of wolves to Switzerland since the mid-1990s has generated intense debates and has taken place in various fields in which material and immaterial entities… read more here.
Keywords: return wolves; multispecies interferences; taxidermy return; interferences taxidermy ... See more keywords
The Shanghai Museum and the introduction of taxidermy and habitat dioramas into China, 1874–1952
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DOI: 10.3366/anh.2021.0691
Abstract: The Shanghai Museum, which was established by the primarily British and American expatriate-led North-China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society in 1874 and continued to operate until 1952, had a major influence on the popularization… read more here.
Keywords: shanghai museum; taxidermy; natural history; museum ... See more keywords
Penile shape discriminates two cryptic species of Akodon Meyen, 1833 (Mammalia, Rodentia, Cricetidae) from eastern Brazil
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DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1134.89587
Abstract: Abstract Glans penis morphology has been used as a powerful tool in mammal taxonomy to differentiate cryptic species. Neotropical rodent species Akodoncursor and A.montensis are cryptic, and interspecific hybrids are like their parental species. We… read more here.
Keywords: taxidermy; montensis; cursor montensis; penile shape ... See more keywords