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Study skins of Garrulus glandarius in Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Bird collections are used for a wide variety of purposes. All biological species including those of birds are represented by a holotype, the vast majority of which are full specimens (mostly skins) and in modern times explicitly designated in the original description of the ...
A zoological specimen is an animal or part of an animal preserved for scientific use. Various uses are: to verify the identity of a (species), to allow study, increase public knowledge of zoology. Zoological specimens are extremely diverse. Examples are bird and mammal study skins, mounted specimens, skeletal material, casts, pinned insects ...
Bison diorama in 2015 after extensive treatments, American Museum of Natural History. The conservation of taxidermy is the ongoing maintenance and preservation of zoological specimens that have been mounted or stuffed for display and study. Taxidermy specimens contain a variety of organic materials, such as fur, bone, feathers, skin, and wood ...
Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the study of birds. [1] Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and the aesthetic appeal of birds. [2] It has also been an area with a large contribution made by amateurs in terms of time, resources, and financial support.
A study skin's sole purpose is to preserve data, not to replicate an animal in a lifelike state. [43] Museums keep large collections of study skins in order to conduct comparisons of physical characteristics to other study skins of the same species. Study skins are also kept because DNA can be extracted from them when needed at any point in ...
The Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology (WFVZ) is a non-profit charitable organization based in Camarillo, California focused on research and education on bird conservation. It hosts a natural history collection of over 200,000 sets of bird eggs representing approximately 4,000 species, around 20,000 nests, and over 56,000 bird study skins ...
A study skin of the Inaccessible Island rail. The Inaccessible Island rail has a tiny global range with a single population. Though still common within its tiny range, with around 5,600 adult birds in the world, [1] the species is considered to be vulnerable if an invasive species were to reach Inaccessible Island. [27]
Katrina van Grouw (born 1965) is a British science author, illustrator and fine artist, best known for her illustrated natural science books The Unfeathered Bird and Unnatural Selection[1] published by Princeton University Press. She has degrees in Fine Art and Natural History Illustration. [2]