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The Zoology Collections

Below is a summary of the main collections in the museum. Most of these link to further images, and more will be added soon.

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Skulls

Below is a selection from our skull collection. Click on an image to see it larger.


Order Artiodactyla Camel Camelus sp. DUNUC 1929	Order Artiodactyla Chamois Rupicapra rupicapra Length: 20 cm DUNUC 2072	Order Artiodactyla Domestic pig skull section Sus domestica DUNUC 2087

Order Artiodactyla Warthog Phacochoerus aethiopicus DUNUC 2089	Order Artiodactyla Roe deer Capreolus caprea Length: 18 cm DUNUC 2434	Order Artiodactyla Musk ox, side view Ovibos moschatus DUNUC 2934

Order Artiodactyla Musk ox, front view Ovibos moschatus DUNUC 2934	Order Carnivora Family Canidae Coyote Canis latrans Length: 18.5 cm DUNUC 1930/1	Order Carnivora Family Mustelidae Wolverine Length: 15.5 cm DUNUC 1985

Order Carnivora Family Ursidae Brown Bear Ursus arctos Length: 44 cm DUNUC 2030	Order Carnivora Family Viverridae Mongoose Unknown species Length: 10.5 cm DUNUC 2036	Order Carnivora Family Mustelidae Sea otter Enhydra lutris Length: 14.5 cm DUNUC 2054

Order Carnivora Family Hyaenidae Aard-wolf Proteles cristata Length: 14.5 cm DUNUC 2192	Order Carnivora Family Mustelidae Badger Meles meles Length: 13.5 cm DUNUC 2193	Order Carnivora Family Felidae Lynx Lynx lynx Length: 14.5 cm DUNUC 2196

Order Cetacea Rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis Length: 45cm DUNUC 1959	Order Cetacea Common dolphin Delphinus delphis DUNUC 1962	Order Edentata Two toed sloth skull Choloepus sp Length: 11cm DUNUC 2131

Order Insectivora Moonrat Echinosorex gymnurus Length: 8 cm DUNUC 2267	Order Insectivora Hedgehog Erinaceus erinaceus Length: 6 cm DUNUC 2268	Order Lagomorpha Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Length: 8 cm DUNUC 2017

Order Marsupialia Virginia opossum Didelphis virgineana Length: 10 cm DUNUC 1947	Order Marsupialia Koala bear Phascolarctos cinereus Length: 13.5 cm DUNUC 2165	Order Perissodactyla Tapir Tapirius sp DUNUC 2211

Order Pinnipedia Harp seal Phoca groenlandica Length: 19 cm DUNUC 2122	Order Primates Chimpanzee Pan sp DUNUC 1896	Order Primates Family Cercopithecidae Macaque Length: 14 cm DUNUC 1940

Order Rodentia Paca Cuniculus paca Length: 14.5 cm DUNUC 2167	Order Sirenia Dugong Dugong dugong DUNUC 2585	Order Tubulidentata Aardvark Orycteropus afer Length: 23.5 cm DUNUC 2133

Class Reptilia Constrictor skull DUNUC 1477	Class Reptilia Alligator skull DUNUC 1515	Class Reptilia Saltwater Crocodile skull Crocodylus cf. porosus Length 70 cm DUNUC 1520

Skeletons

Below is a selection from our skeleton collection. Click on an image to see it larger.


Order Artiodactyla Pangolin skeleton Manis sp Length DUNUC 2070	Order Carnivora Common palm civet skeleton Paradoxurus hermaphroditus Length 55 cm (skull 12.5 cm) DUNUC 2075	Order Edentata Armadillo skeleton Euphractus sp Length 44 cm DUNUC 1902

Order Edentata Two-toed sloth skeleton Choloepus sp Length 50 cm DUNUC 2130	Order Lagomorpha Rabbit skeleton Oryctolagus cuniculus length 43 cm (skull 9 cm) DUNUC 2013	Order Marsupialia Wallaby skeleton Unknown species Height 48 cm (skull 11 cm) DUNUC 2154

Order Monotremata Spiny Anteater or Echidna skeleton Tachyglossus sp. Length 37 cm (skull 11.5 cm) DUNUC 1968	Order Primates Aye Aye skeleton Daubentonia madagascariensis Length 53 cm DUNUC 1935	Order Primates Gibbon skeleton Hylobates sp Height 72 cm DUNUC 1999

Order Primates Common Sportive Lemur skeleton Lepidolemur mustelinus Length 33cm (skull 9.5 cm) DUNUC 2006	Order Primates Potto skeleton Perodicticus potto Length 33 cm DUNUC 2291	Order Rodentia Porcupine skeleton Length 69 cm (skull 10cm) DUNUC 1928

Mammals

Below is a selection from our collection of mounted mammal specimens. Click on an image to see it larger.


Order Carnivora Ermine Mustela ermine Length 35 cm DUNUC 2961	Order Edentata Six-banded Armadillo Eupractus sexcinctus Length 49 cm DUNUC 1899	Order Edentata Crested porcupine Hystrix cristata Length 68 cm DUNUC 2002

Order Edentata Pangolin Manis sp Length 73 cm DUNUC 2069	Order Edentata Tamandua Tamandua cf. tetradactyla Length 34 cm DUNUC 2160	Order Edentata Eight-banded Armadillo Dasypus sp Length 51 cm DUNUC 2963

Order Monotremata Echidna or spiny anteater Tachyglossus aculeatus Length DUNUC 1966	Order Monotremata Duck-billed platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus Length 51 cm DUNUC 2058	Order Monotremata Echidna or spiny anteater Tachyglossus sp Length 38 cm DUNUC 2962

Order Rodentia Brown rat Rattus norvegicus Length 32 cm incl tail DUNUC 2104	Order Rodentia Rat Unknown species Length 41 cm incl tail DUNUC 2108	Order Rodentia Woodchuck Marmota monax Length 51 cm DUNUC 2159

Mounted Birds

Below is a selection from our collection of mounted bird specimens. Click on an image to see it larger.


Order Apterygiformes Brown Kiwi Apteryx australis Length 32 cm DUNUC 1764	Order Apterygiformes Little Spotted Kiwi Apteryx oweni Length 26 cm DUNUC 1765	Order Caprimulgiformes Pootoo Nyctibus sp. Height 39 cm DUNUC 2728

Order Falconiformes Gyr Falcon Falco rusticola Height 58 cm incl mount DUNUC 2733	Order Psittaciformes Pesquet's Parrot Psittrichas fulgidus Height 42 cm incl mount DUNUC 1838	Order Struthioniformes Emu Dromaius sp Height 117 cm DUNUC 1726

Bird Heads

Below is a selection from our collection of bird heads. Click on an image to see it larger.


Order Apodiformes Swift Apus apus Length 4 cm DUNUC 2711	Order Charidriiformes Herring Gull Larus argentatus Length 17.5 cm DUNUC 2722	Order Charidriiformes Oystercatcher Haematopus ostragalus Length 14 cm DUNUC 2723

Order Charadriiformes Curlew Numenius arquata Length 17.5 cm DUNUC 2724	Order Charadriiformes Noddy Tern Anous sp Length 9.5 cm DUNUC 2726	Order Charadriiformes Skimmer Rhynchops sp Length 17 cm DUNUC 2727

Order Ciconiformes Heron species indet. Length 19 cm DUNUC 1748	Order Ciconiformes Spoonbill Platanea sp. Length 21 cm DUNUC 2721	Order Ciconiformes Boatbilled Heron Cochlearius cochlearius Length 17 cm DUNUC 2725

Order Coraciiformes Kookaburra Dacelo gigas Length 21 cm DUNUC 2717	Order Coraciiformes Kingfisher Alcedo sp Length 10 cm DUNUC 2718	Order Falconiformes Sparrow Hawk Accipiter sp Length 5 cm DUNUC 2719

Order Galliformes Kenya crested Guinea-Fowl Guttera pucherani Length 14.5 cm DUNUC 1721	Order Galliformes Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Length 17 cm DUNUC 1804	Order Passeriformes Rook Corvus frugilegus Length 12.5 cm DUNUC 2713

Order Passeriformes Thrush Turdus philomelos Length 7 cm DUNUC 2714	Order Pelecaniformes Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Length 27 cm DUNUC 1824	Order Piciformes Toucan Rhamphastos sp Length 18 cm DUNUC 2715

Order Piciformes Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Length 10.5 cm DUNUC 2716	Order Procellariiformes Storm Petrel species indet. Length 9 cm DUNUC 2720	Order Psittaciformes Scarlet Macaw Ara cf. macao Length 17 cm DUNUC 2712

Bird Skins

Below is a selection from our collection of bird skins. Click on an image to see it larger.


Order Apodiformes Sword-billed Hummingbird Ensifera ensifera Length 14 + 6 cm (broken bill) Range: Columbia to Bolivia South America DUNUC 1664	Order Apodiformes Allen's Hummingbird? Selasphorus scintilla Length 6.5 cm Chiriqui, Arce DUNUC 1665	Order Apodiformes Black-bellied Thorntail Popelairia langsdorffi Length 13 cm Rio de Janeiro South America DUNUC 1666

Order Apodiformes Hummingbird species Chrysobranchus viridicana Length 9.5 cm Demerara West Indies DUNUC 1670	Order Apodiformes Hummingbird unidentified species Length 11 cm DUNUC 1757	Order Charadriiformes Grey plover Pluvialis squatarola Length 30 cm British, breeds in tundra DUNUC 1738

Order Coraciiformes Dwarf Forest Kingfisher Ceyx lepidus Length 12 cm Amboine. Coll. Teysman 1877. Range: Phillipines, Moluccas, New Guinea DUNUC 1683	Order Falconiformes Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Length 35 cm DUNUC 1762	Order Passeriformes Black-goggled Tanager Trichothraupis quadricolor? Length Presented by Lord Byron South America DUNUC 1647

Order Passeriformes Yellow-faced Myna Mino dumonti Length 23 cm New Guinea DUNUC 1651	Order Passeriformes Rufous babbler Pomatorstomus isidorei Length 22.5 cm 23/5/1867. Kasim, Misool. New Guinea DUNUC 1652	Order Passeriformes Diademed Tanager Stephaniphorus diadematus = leucocephalus? Length 15 cm South America DUNUC 1653

Order Passeriformes Magpie lark Grallina cyanoleuca = picata? Length 25.5 cm Australia, New Guinea, Timor DUNUC 1654	Order Passeriformes Mistle thrush Turdus viscivorus Length 29 cm DUNUC 1655	Order Passeriformes Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculata Length 28 cm Australia DUNUC 1658

Order Passeriformes Giant cowbird Scaphidira (Cassidix) oryzivora Length 34 cm Trinidad West Indies DUNUC 1659	Order Passeriformes White-Rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus = Cittocinela tricolor? Length 25 cm (with tail) Bangka, Sumatra DUNUC 1662	Order Passeriformes Nepal Yellow-backed Sunbird Aethopyga nipalensis Length 11 cm Darjeeling, India DUNUC 1667

Order Passeriformes Purple-throated Sunbird Nectarinia sperata = Cinnyris hasselti? Length 9 cm Malacca, Malaysia DUNUC 1669	Order Passeriformes Ruby-crowned Tanager Tachyphonus coronatus Length 16 cm South America DUNUC 1676	Order Passeriformes Satin Bower-bird or Grakle Ptilonorhynchus violaceus Length 31 cm North Australia, New Guinea DUNUC 1679

Order Passeriformes Regent Bowerbird Sericulus rubinus = Sericulus chrysocephalus Length 21 cm Tweed R. North Australia DUNUC 1680	Order Passeriformes Green Magpie Cissa chinensis Length 33 cm Darjeeling, India DUNUC 1682	Order Passeriformes Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri Length 28 cm California North America DUNUC 1684

Order Passeriformes Paradise Riflebird Ptiloris paradiseus Length 27 cm Eastern Australian rainforests DUNUC 1685	Order Passeriformes Hill Mynah Gracula religiosa = Eulabes javanensis Length 28.5 cm Coll: Wardlaw-Ramsay, 1874 Malacca DUNUC 1686	Order Passeriformes Blue-hooded Euphonia Euphonia musica? = Euphonia nigricoltis Length 10 cm Venezuela, South America DUNUC 1687

Order Passeriformes Paradise Tanager Tangara chilensis = Calliste yeni (peruviania) Peru, South America DUNUC 1691	Order Passeriformes Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia laniirostis (female) Length 10 cm Columbia DUNUC 1692	Order Passeriformes Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea = Passerina carulea? Length 11 cm Range: Canada to Columbia DUNUC 1693

Order Passeriformes Buarremon gutturalis Length 17 cm Mexico DUNUC 1700	Order Passeriformes Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Length 12 cm Range: Britain, Europe, North Africa, Asia DUNUC 1704	Order Passeriformes Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus Length 14 cm Range: Canada, Pacific states, California DUNUC 1705

Order Passeriformes Sunbird species Cinnyris ourentata Length 13 cm Africa DUNUC 1709	Order Passeriformes Elaineous Flycatcher Elainia pogan Length 16 cm Trinidad, West Indies DUNUC 1725	Order Passeriformes Red-breasted Blackbird Leistes militaris = guianensis Length 16 cm Northern South America DUNUC 1768

Order Passeriformes Black Berrypicker Melanocharis nigra Length 9.5 cm Collection: Eu'ela, 29/3/1863, Bernstein? Waighiou (Waigeo Island) New Guinea DUNUC 1773	Order Passeriformes Lincoln sparrow Melospiza lincolni Length 12 cm Range: Arctic regions DUNUC 1774	Order Passeriformes Grey wagtail Motacilla cinerea Length 18 cm Range: Europe DUNUC 1775

Order Passeriformes Shore lark Eremophila (Otocoris) alpestris Length 17 cm DUNUC 1779	Order Passeriformes Blue tit Parus caeruleus Length 10.5 cm Range: Britain, Europe, North Africa, Asia DUNUC 1793	Order Passeriformes Great tit Parus major Length 12 cm Range: Britain, Europe, North Africa, Asia DUNUC 1795

Order Passeriformes Lowland Peltops Peltops blainvillii (male) Length 17.5 cm Coll: L B Jung, 26/06/1867 Wanigama, Misool New Guinea DUNUC 1797	Order Passeriformes Vermillion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus Length 12 cm North, Central & South America DUNUC 1810	Order Passeriformes Grackle Quiscalus inflexirostris Length 21 cm Trinidad, West Indies DUNUC 1813

Order Passeriformes Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus = Ruficilla phoenicurus McGillivray Length 13 cm Range: Britain, Europe, Asia DUNUC 1815	Order Passeriformes Black-faced Tanager / Saltator Schistochlamys atra Length 16 cm Trinidad, West Indies DUNUC 1817	Order Passeriformes Red-shouldered Tanager Tachyphonus phoenicius Length 14 cm Rio Negro, South America DUNUC 1828

Order Passeriformes Yellow-lored Tody-flycatcher Todirostrum poliocephalum Length 10 cm Brazil, South America DUNUC 1831	Order Passeriformes Common Wren Troglodytes troglodytes (parvulus) Length 9.5 cm Range: Holarctic to Himalayas DUNUC 1833	Order Passeriformes White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorhynchus = leucogaster Coll: 10/5/1869 Weiaigama, Misool, Australia DUNUC 1835

Order Passeriformes Paradise Flycatcher (rusty form) Terpsiphone viridis Length 12 cm (34 with tail) Range: Eastern and Central Africa DUNUC 2730	Order Passeriformes Paradise Flycatcher (white male form) Terpsiphone viridis Length 39 cm with tail Range: Eastern and Central Africa DUNUC 2731	Order Passeriformes King Bird of Paradise Cicinnurus regius Length 24 cm New Guinea DUNUC 2732

Order Passeriformes Raggiani's bird of paradise Paradisea apoda Length 47 cm DUNUC 2729	Order Piciformes Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Length 20 cm Canada DUNUC 1649	Order Piciformes Black-necked Aracari Pteroglossus aracari Length South America DUNUC 1678

Spirit Collection

Below is a selection of specimens preserved in spirits. Click on an image to see it larger.


Phylum Annelida Aphrodite aculeata Height 15 cm DUNUC 2310	Phylum Arthropoda Wolf Spider Length 11.5 cm DUNUC 755	Phylum Arthropoda Arcturus baffini Height 15 cm DUNUC 779

Phylum Arthropoda Carpilius maculatus Height 16.5 cm DUNUC 806	Phylum Arthropoda Penaeus caramole Height 20 cm DUNUC 893	Phylum Arthropoda Goose Barnacle Lepas anatifera Height 15 cm DUNUC 955

Phylum Chordata Colonial Ascidian Botryllus sp. Height 12 cm DUNUC 2679	Phylum Cnidaria Sea fir Height 20 cm DUNUC 1115	Phylum Cnidaria Sea Pen Height 39 cm DUNUC 2327

Phylum Cnidaria Sea Pen Pennutula sp. Height 26 cm DUNUC 2864	Phylum Echinodermata Sun star Height 17 cm DUNUC 1006	Phylum Echinodermata Strongylocentrotus lividus Height 20 cm DUNUC 1062

Phylum Echinodermata Feather star Height 10 cm DUNUC 3552	Phylum Mollusca Octopus sp. Height 39 cm DUNUC 574	Class Reptilia Brachylophus fasciatus Height 25 cm DUNUC 1374

Class Reptilia ?Chalcides sp. Height 15 cm DUNUC 1375	Class Aves Order Psittaciformes Budgerigar dissection Melopsittacus sp Height 25 cm DUNUC 1701	Order Cetacea Beluga Whale embryo skeleton Delphinapterus leucas Height 50 cm DUNUC 1943

Marine Collection

Below is a selection of dried marine specimens. Click on an image to see it larger.


Phylum Cnidaria Scleractinian Coral Length 10 cm DUNUC 508	Phylum Cnidaria Scleractinian Coral Length 14.5 cm DUNUC 2454	Phylum Cnidaria Sea Fan Gorgonia sp. Length 46 cm DUNUC 510

Phylum Cnidaria Sea Feather Length 32 cm DUNUC 513	Phylum Echinodermata Starfish Unknown species Length 33 cm DUNUC 2462	Phylum Echinodermata Sea Urchin Echinus esculentus Length 9 cm DUNUC 2565

Phylum Mollusca Paper Nautilus Argonauta argo Length 17 cm DUNUC 525	Phylum Porifera Tube Sponge Unknown Species Length 22 cm DUNUC 2543	Phylum Porifera Sponge Class Demospongia ? Length 9 cm DUNUC 2867

Fossils

Below is a selection from our fossil collection. Click on an image to see it larger.


Ichthyosaurus quadriscissus DUNUC 2746	Mammoth tooth DUNUC 1974	Mastodon tooth DUNUC 2688

Brontothere jaw DUNUC 2235	Oreodon gracilis skull DUNUC 2534	Ichthyosaur fossil limb DUNUC 2436

Microscope Slides

Here is a selection of Microscope slides from the Zoology Museum.

HALICIUM AND ENDENDRIUM

hydroid slide

Hydroid slide, containing mainly Halicium and Endendrium. They are types of water firs which can be found the waters of the British Isles.

DUNUC2981

PROTOZOA

Protozoa slides

Two Victorian slides of arrangements of Protozoa, one of the Radiolorian Polyscystina, the other of "16 named Foraminiferans". The Foraminiferans slide is prepared by Watsons & Sons

DUNUC2999

MARINE SLIDES

marine zoology slides

Part of a series of 20 marine zoological microscopic slides prepared by Hornell & Sinel

DUNUC2986

INSECTS AND ARACHNIDS

microscope slides

Slide containing insects and arachnids. These animals are classed as Pseudoscorpions. Some people believe these to be tiny true scorpions, but they are harrmless to humans and animals. They are often found under stones, leaf litter, and tree bark.

DUNUC2982

EARTHWORMS

earthworm slides

Part of a series of slides prepared by Flatters & Garnett of Manchester. Earthworms - these creatures process plant litter which creates topsoil full of nutrients. By doing this they provide a welcome help in the development of plants and vegetation.

DUNUC2982

HYDROID

image of a Hydroid

Another Hydroid slide, containing mainly Halicium and Endendrium. Hydroids have three life cycles. They begin life as tiny planula larva which then grows into a sessile which then develops into a medusae.

DUNUC2981

FRESH WATER SHRIMP, CLAMWORMS, & SQUILLA

image of Mysis oculata, Segment Nereis virens, Squilla

Part of a collection of 5 microscopic slides of invertebrates bearing "University College Dundee" labels. The following slides contain Mysis oculata (Fresh Water Shrimp), Segment Nereis virens (Clamworms), and Squilla (Shrimp Larava). Squilla tend to live in shallow coastal marine waters. They can be found in crevices or hidden under the sand.

DUNUC2989

LIVER FLUKE

image of Fasciola gigntica

A whole specimen of Fasciola gigntica, compressed between two slides. It appears in warm climates in cattle but most commonly in sheep in which it is responsible for transmitting chronic fascioliosis. This disease can be fatal to humans.

DUNUNUC2998

Teaching Aids

The Zoology Museum has a fascinating collection of teaching charts and models, many of them used by D'Arcy Thompson in his own teaching. A selection is shown here.

Blaschka Glass Models of Marine Invertebrates

‌ Blaschka model ‌

D'Arcy Thompson acquired a set of Blaschka's exquistely delicate glass models in 1889. In Growth and Form, D'Arcy refers repeatedly to the art of the glass-blower, perhaps thinking of these very models.

Watch a film about D'Arcy's Blaschka models

DUNUC 9318, 2875

Model series showing the Embryonic Development of a Primitive Chordate

Models of embryo development

A series of 25 models, unknown manufacturer

Models from a series showing the Embyonic Development of a Chicken

chicken embryo model

The museum holds seven models in this series, made by Les Fils d'Emile Deyrolle

Model of Radiolarian

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Model of Stylodictya multispina, one of four models of radiolaria held by the museum, and originally acquired by D'Arcy Thompson. The models were inspired by the illustrations of radiolaria created by Ernst Haeckel.

Models of Foraminifera

Foraminifera models

Part of a larger set of models acquired by D'Arcy Thompson, probably from V Fric of Prague.

Teaching Chart by Pfurtscheller

Frog teaching chart

This is one of six charts held by the museum originally created by Dr Paul Pfurtscheller in the 1900s and published in the Netherlands by Martinus Nijhoff in the 1920s

Hand-painted Teaching Chart showing Marine Larvae

Marine Larvae teaching chart

Made by Ann B Adam, a biology student at University College, Dundee in the 1930s