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Bulletin - United States National Museum (1918) (14598390968)
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Identifier: bulletinunitedst9911918unit (find matches)
Title: Bulletin - United States National Museum
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: United States National Museum Smithsonian Institution United States. Dept. of the Interior
Subjects: Science
Publisher: Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, (etc.) for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt Print. Off.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries
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Upper Figure. East African Leopard; Lower Figure, Raineys Cheetah. For explanation of plate see page EAST AFRICAN MAMMALS IN NATIONAL MUSEUM. 17; d to -H oJ oi 00 XXX t~ m t^ 22 S ii oocioioooJoJoioooi-^t^t-it^oocoXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX I 5s s an Ho 3-2 n IC 00 c^CO N oi CD t^ t^ CS CM N N N eOCOCO^O-HrHTHNCJ XXXXXXXXXX INOOO»OCOC*^GOCOCOO> irj^cD—•C^Cl—tC^-^W COCOMCOi-fOCMO o « »o w? CO CD c5 cs c^ a^o^^o-^oooooo ■O 13 O •© O O O 73 TS O -3 OOOoSSoSS3c00050«52252 •3 1*^ fl O N rS I ^ is 2 ;i i ^ w t- .-^ B 3 a > « M M S rt !?; 3 .2. :2 2 5 t3 O P 174 BULLETIN m, UNITED STATES NATION.VL MUSEUM. Nzoia River skin listed under the latter form. The Meru specimen,which has been referred by Roosevelt and Heller to the Ruwenzoriform/ is peculiar in color. It is a fine, large leopard, with large spotsand of a dark general coloration. The skin has been mounted, whichmakes satisfactory comparison with tanned skins difficult; but theskull differs in no essential
Taxidermy, the practice of creating lifelike representations of animals, most commonly birds and mammals, by the use of their prepared skins and various supporting structures. Taxidermy may be traced to the ancient custom of preserving trophies of the hunt, but the principal motive for its development into an art was the growth of interest, especially from the time of the Enlightenment, in natural history and the consequent appearance of both private collections and exhibits in public museums of birds, beasts, and curiosities.
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