Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Mirounga leonina
Sagittal transection of an Elephant seal skull. This is the left side of the skull, attached to an exhibition base.
Macaca
Macaque monkey skull, with the jaw tied in place.
Hydrurga leptonyx
Saggital transection of a Leopard seal skull. This is the left side of the skull, attached to an exhibition base.
Berardius arnuxii
Collected 1924
Arnoux's beaked whale skull, separated into two parts - a skull and an unattached mandible. Three of four teeth are present on the mandible with the front right tooth missing.
Mustela putorius
Collected 1984
Cephalorhynchus hectori
Mostly complete articulated skeleton of a Hectors dolphin, mounted on a wooden base. The specimen is in a natural position with its head facing forwards. A couple of ribs from the mid-left side are missing.
Pontoporia blainvillei
Complete articulated skeleton of a Franciscana river dolphin, mounted on a black metal frame and wooden base. The specimen is in a natural position with its vertebrae and tail straight, and its head facing forward.
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.
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