#scientific collection
Common warthog / CAS-MAM 22332
Scientific name:Phacochoerus africanus
Locality: AFRICA: Tanzania, Lake Manyara, Arusha region
Collection date: June 1927
Collector: F. Walker; K. Walker
Department:Ornithology & Mammalogy, image © California Academy of Sciences
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Lana’s sawshark
Scientific name: Pristiophorus lanae
Department: Ichthyology, image © California Academy of Sciences
Lana’s sawshark is one of only seven species in the genus Pristiophorus, and the second Academy research associate Dave Ebert himself has described. Collected in 1966 off the Philippine coast, this type specimen—the specimen on which the species description is based—is slender-bodied, has five gills, and measures a little over 77 cm (30.5 in.) in length.
Due in part to the depths the species inhabits—more than 800 feet below the surface—very little is known about Lana’s sawshark. Scientists can only guess at how many there might be, where they live, or how they reproduce. However, they do know how sawsharks use their telltale snout. Like the larger and better-known sawfishes (which are actually rays), they use their rostrum like a sword, whipping it back-and-forth to stun and kill their prey.
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Spangled cotinga / CAS-ORN 98301
Scientific name:Cotinga cayana
Department:Ornithology & Mammalogy, image © California Academy of Sciences
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(viaA Bone Collector’s Basement Of Animal Skulls Sees The Light : NPR)
This is my dream basement! I also have a new hero.
I wish I could go see that exhibit in San Fransisco. I’ve seen lots of photos from it and it’s amazing looking!! Anyone want to sponsor a plane ticket? ;)
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