Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Physetica caerulea
Collected 03 Oct 1990-23 Oct 1990
Collected 08 Nov 1988-14 Nov 1988
Collected 21 Oct 1989
Aletia sollennis
Collected 12 Dec 1986
Collected 05 Dec 1990
Collected 31 Dec 1990
Collected 19 Dec 1990
Collected 12 Jan 1991
Meterana pascoi
Collected 07 Sep 1986-17 Sep 1986
Collected 18 Sep 1986-26 Sep 1986
Collected 01 Dec 2002
Taoka Māori
Top part of a moa skull.
Litoria aurea
Tall historic glass jar with a series of tadpoles of various ages, arranged in age order to show the development of a frog.
Siphonops annulatus
Collected 1895
Ringed caecilian mounted in a vertical positon in a glass jar, with its head upwards and the body forming an "S" shape towards the bottom of the jar.
Pagophilus groenlandicus
Small furry cream-coloured seal, mounted in a lying down position with its body in a straight line, its flippers alongside the body, and the head flat on the ground.
Strongylura leiura
Banded needlefish in a tall thin historic display jar. Its nose is pointing up in the jar, with the body redoubled so the tail is also pointing up.
Amia calva
A bowfin fish mounted in a vertical positon in a tall glass historic display jar. Specimen's mouth is open and head is facing towards the lid of jar.
Balaenoptera musculus
One eye of a Blue whale, mounted in a glass historic display jar. The eye takes up most of jar, and the historic label notes the species as humpback whale (but is most likely misidentified).
Lemuridae, Lemur, brain, Cast
Wax cast of the brain of a lemur.
Pan troglodytes
