Lesser malay chevrotain (Tragulus kanchil angustiae)

does the sign make any mention of the individual being an albino? Or is it just left for visitors to think that mouse deer are white?

Hey Chlidonias, I have not spoken to you in a while, how have you been?

To be honest I cannot remember specifically what the signage said about it, if it even said anything at all...but I did take a photo of the sign. I can try and find it in my phone and post it in another comment here.

I am very well, thankyou.

I'm just always interested in how "freak" specimens are labelled for the general visitors.

As FunkyGibbon said on the colugo photo, these mounts are all very good indeed - especially if they are from the 1970s!

@Chlidonias, I am glad you are well. What have you been up to lately?

Oh yes me too! I must say that despite my curiosity about how visitors interpret information about specimens, being a zoology nerd as years go by, it gets harder to be able put myself in their shoes...

I am glad you are enjoying these mounts! I would beg to differ regarding them being of good quality for something created in the 1970s...yes they are of very good quality, but I have seen natural history museum taxidermy specimens of equal (or better) quality from the 1920s. For example, check out the work of Carl Akeley.

well, I've seen some very bad taxidermy examples from well after the 1970s, so it is all down to specifics I guess.

@Chlidonias that is certainly true...

One of the reasons for the quality of the taxidermy mounts at this museum is because of the use of freeze-drying taxidermy. You can learn a little more about that here. Inside one of the world's largest taxidermy collections

As you will read here, Dr. Hankins has been involved in doing taxidermy since he was 5. He is now in his early 80s, that is quite a lot of experience!