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C
A T A L O G U E
A
Section
I : Whales
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Extinct in Icelandic
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Occasionally spotted in Icelandic waters
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Very rarely spotted in Icelandic waters
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Fairly common in Icelandic waters
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Northern
bottlenose whale Hyperoodon ampullatus (rostratus)
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Very young animal, beached on the south-west coast, approx. 15 miles south of
Reykjavík, on September 8th 1998. Length 6.8 meters. In formalin.
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Very young animal,
beached on the Reykjanes peninsula on October 9th, 1998.
Lenght 6,54 meters, testicle weighing only 50 grammes.
Member whole with retractor muscle and part of the pelvic bone. In formalin.
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Sperm whale ( Pottwhale, cachalot) Physeter catodon
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Adult caught by the
Hjalfjörður whaling station in 1975. Skin
flattened, tanned.
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b)
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An old male beached on
the south coast in January 1992. Hollowed
, salted,
dried, placed on a wooden plaque.
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c)
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Adult beached along with
two others on the north-east coast in June 1995.
Skin tanned for neckties,
bowties etc.
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d)
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Adult beached on the north-west coast in November 1997. Lower jaw
missing.
Brought to the whale museum in Húsavík. With one testicle. In
formalin.
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e)
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Young animal, about 20 years old, length 14 meters, beached recently
dead on
the North coast in April 1998. Had 42 teeth (21+21). Skin flattened and
tanned for leather work.
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Young animal, 10,11
meters, beached recently dead on the North coast in July
1998.
In formalin.
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Adult
beached on the north coast west of Siglufjörður on September 3 rd 1999. Penis
162 cm was torn and cut. Front part hollowed and salt-dried, upper pert tanner
for leather.
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Adult,
length 15,8 meters, beached alive in Hrútafjörður on the north coast on 27
August 2000. Cause of death intestinal blockage. Penis 170 cm. In formalin.
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Long-finned pilot whale Globicephala
maleana (melas)
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Adult beached with a few others on the north-east coast in October 1991.
In formalin.
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A 4 *
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Killer whale Orcinus
orca
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a)
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A young male beached along with another killer whale on the north-east
coast in
October 1995. Hollowed, salted, dried on a wooden plaque.
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A 5 *
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Common porpoise ( harbour porpoise)
Phocoena phocoena
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a)
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Old male caught off the north coast in August 1985. In formalin with both
testicles.
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b)
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Very young male caught
off the north coast in May 1985. In formalin with one
testicle.
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c)
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Adult, 159 cm. long with
retractor muscle and both pelvic bones. Caught in a fishing net in Reyðarfjörður, East Iceland, on January 5th 1999. In
formalin.
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Humpback whale
Megaptera novaeangliae (boops)
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Very young animal, probably this year«s calf. Length 8.3 meters.
Discovered
recently dead, floating half a mile off the the western coast of Skagi
in Northern Iceland on August 21st 1998. Preserved in formalin.
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White-beaked dolphin
Lagenorhynchus albirostris
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Minke whale
(lesser rorqual) Balaenoptera acutorostrata
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a)
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Adult caught by the whaling station at Brjánslækur on the Western
fiords in
July 1980.
Salted
and dried on a wooden plaque.
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b)
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Adult caught by
the whaling station at Brjánslækur on the Western fiords in
July 1984.
In formalin.
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c)
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Right testicle
from the same animal (b).
In formalin.
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Adult weighing 4810
kgs., length 7.9 m. Caught accidentally in the net of a
fishing boat off the south-west coast in September 1994. Hollowed,
salted, dried and placed on a wooden plaque.
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Adult, length 8 meters, weighing 5122 kgs. Caught accidentally in a
fishing net
off the Snæfellsnes peninsula on 30 September 1998. In formalin.
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Common dolphin Delphinus
delphis
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a)
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A young one, caught off the north coast in September 1984.
In formalin.
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b)
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A very young one , caught
off the south coast in April 1994. Salted, dried
and placed on a wooden plaque.
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Fin whale Balaenoptera
physalus
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Adult, caught from the Hvalfjörður whaling station, 140 nautical miles west of
Hvalfjörður, in July 1978. Skin flattened and tanned.
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b)
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Adult caught from the
Hvalfjörður whaling station in September 1983. Hollowed, filled with silicon and placed on a wooden plaque.
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Atlantic white-sided dolphin
Lagenorhynchus acutus
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Beluga whale, White whale
Delphinapterus leucas
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Narwal, Narwhale Monodon
monoceros
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Greenland right whale, Arctic right whale, Bowhead
Balaena mysticetus
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Grey whale, Gray
whale Eschrichtius robustus
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Sei whale Balaenoptera
borealis
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a)
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Adult, caught by the
Hvalfjörður whaling station in August 1980.
Dried whole on a wooden plaque.
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b)
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Adult, caught by
the Hvalfjörður whaling station in September 1983.
In formalin
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c)
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Adult, caught by the Hvalfjörður whaling station in September 1983.
Hollowed, filled with silicon and placed on a wooden plaque.
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Biscayan right
whale, Black right whale, North Atlantic right whale
Eubalaena glacialis, Balaena biscayensis
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Blue whale
Balaenoptera musculus
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Young male, roughly 17 meters in length,
beached on the Reykjanes peninsula in March 1993.
Hollowed, salted, dried and placed on a wooden plaque.
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A 19
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Bottlenose dolphin
Tursiops truncatus
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Cuvier«s beaked
whale Ziphius cavirostris
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Adult, beached alone on the east coast near Djúpivogur
on Dec. 31 1997.
Penis whole with retractor penis muscle.
In formalin.
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Sowerby«s beaked
whale Mesoplodon bidens
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Striped dolphin
Stenella coeruleoalba
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Blainville«s beaked
whale Mesoplodon
densirostris
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B
Section
II :
Bears
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Polar bear
Ursus maritimus
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Adult, killed by Icelandic fishermen in June 1993, 67 nautical miles
north-west
of the Western fiords and only 10 miles off the pack-ice fringe.
With both testicles. In formalin.
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C
Section III
: Seals
* Breeding on the coast af
Iceland
+ Vagrants in Icelandic
waters
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Hooded seal, Bladdernose seal Cystophora cristata
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An old male, caught in
April 1988 off the north coast.
With both testicles in
formalin.
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C 2
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Ringed seal
Phoca hispida, Phusa hispida
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a)
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An old male, caught off the north coast in March 1991.
In formalin.
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b)
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An old male, unusually big, caught off the north coast in January
1998.
With both testicles. In
formalin.
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Bearded seal Erignathus
barbatus
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a)
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A young male, 2-3 years old, caught off the north coast in April 1988.
In formalin.
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b)
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A young male, 2 years old, caught off the north coast in May 1988.
In formalin.
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Common seal, Harbour seal
Phoca vitulina
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One year old, caught off the north coast in May 1985.
In formalin.
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b)
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Penis bone (os penis, baculum) Young male. 1981.
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c)
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Penis bone. Adult. 1985.
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d)
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Penis bone. Adult. 1992.
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Grey seal Halichoerus
grypus
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Adult, caught in the Breiðafjörður
area off the west coast in May 1983.
In formalin.
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b)
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Adult, caught in the Breiðafjörður
area off the west coast in the autumn of 1984. In formalin.
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c)
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A very young male, at
most 1 year old, caught off the north coast in April 1985. In formalin.
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Penis bone. Adult, young.
1985.
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C 6
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Greenland seal
Pagophilus groenlandicus
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a)
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Young male, two years
old, caught off the north coast in
February 1986.
In formalin.
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b)
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One year old, caught off
the north coast in February 1988. In
formalin.
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c)
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Old male, caught off the
north coast in May 1988. In
formalin.
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d)
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Old male, caught off the
north coast in March 1995. With both testicles.
In formalin.
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C 7
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Walrus
Odobenus rosmarus
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Penis bone, bought in Fairbanks, Alaska in September 1991.
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D Section
IV :
Land mammals
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Goat
Capra hircus
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Young male. 1983. In formalin.
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b)
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Adult with both
testicles. 1984. In formalin.
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Field mouse, Wood mouse
Apodemus sylvaticus
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a)
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Adult with testicles. 1985. In
formalin.
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Horse Equus
caballus
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a)
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Young male. 1980. In formalin.
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b1)
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Both testicles from a 3
year old. 1997. In formalin with D 3 a)
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b2)
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Both testicles from a 3
year old. 1997. In formalin.
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c)
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Adult. Smoked (for eating?) Sept. 1998. In formalin.
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Ram Ovis
aries
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Adult with both testicles and scrotum. 1982. In formalin.
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b)
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Adult. 1982. In formalin.
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c)
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Adult with both
testicles. 1982. In formalin.
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d)
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Two years old with both
testicles. In formalin.
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da)
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Skin of the scrotum made
into a purse.
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e)
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Two years old with both
testicles. In formalin.
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ea)
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Skin of the scrotum made into a purse.
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House mouse Mus
musculus
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Adult. 1980. In formalin.
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b)
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Adult. 1984. In formalin.
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Reindeer Rangifer
tarandus (cylindricornis)
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a)
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Adult, caught on the eastern highlands in August 1980. In formalin.
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b)
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Two adults, caught on the eastern highlands in Aug. 1980. In formalin.
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Dog Canis
familiaris
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Adult. 1993. In formalin.
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Cat Felis
catus
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a)
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Adult, with both testicles. 1986. In
formalin.
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Mink Mustela
vison
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a)
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Adult, with both testicles. 1986. In
formalin.
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b)
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Adult, with both testicles. 1992. In
formalin.
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Bull Bos
taurus
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Young adult. 1974. Tanned. First specimen in the collection.
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b)
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Adult, with both testicles. 1984. In formalin
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Adult, with both testicles. 1984. In formalin.
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c2)
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Scrotum from c1. 1984. Skin worked into a purse.
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d)
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Adult. Penis, 85 cm. salted, dried and made into a walking stick. Oct.
1998.
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Arctic fox Alopex
lagopus
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Adult. Caught in the
northern highlands. 1979. In formalin
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b)
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Adult, with both
testicles. 1995. In formalin.
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Brown rat
Rattus norvegicus
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Adult. 1980. In formalin.
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Black rat Rattus
rattus
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a)
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Adult with both
testicles. 1992. In formalin.
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Boar, pig Sus
scrofa
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a)
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Adult. 1980. In
formalin.
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b)
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Two years old with both
testicles. In formalin.
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c)
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Two years old with both
testicles. In formalin.
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Man Homo
sapiens sapiens
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Pending, cf. Letter of Donation.
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Rabbit Lepus
cuniculus L.
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Adult. With both testicles.
1998. In formalin.
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Guinea pig
Cavia cobaya Schreb
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Adult, with both testicles. 1984. In formalin.
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Folklore Section: (Pars
folklorica Islandica)
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Icelandic Elf / Hidden man Homo
sapiens Obscurus
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Middle aged. 1997. In pure arctic water.
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Nicor Equus
fabulosus Aquaticus (Islandicus)
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Adult. Caught in the lake of Katanes, SW Iceland. 1998. In formalin.
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Christmas lad Homo
natalicus Islandicus
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Foreign Section: (Pars
alienigena)
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Skunk Mephitis
mephitis, fam. Mustelidae
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a)
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Phallic bone. From Ohio, USA. 1995.
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Red fox Vulpes
vulpes Iutlandicus
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Danish, from Jutland, adult, with both testicles. Kept in formalin. 1999.
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