Shmoo taxidermy in Chiroptera
technical protocol of the complete skeleton extraction, maintaining the integrity of the skin
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https://doi.org/10.32673/bjm.vie92.118Keywords:
Chiroptera, Musculoskeletal anatomy, Scientific collection, Serial taxidermy, Specimen preservationAbstract
Mammal collections store specimens to be maintained either as dry skins through taxidermy or in fluid, in 70% ethanol. For bats, both preservations are used, but in serial taxidermy it is common to keep part of the skeleton fixed in the skin, making it unavailable for morphological analysis. In this protocol, we describe a taxidermy technique that allows the complete removal of the skull and skeleton from the skin in a few steps, with both wings closed or one opened and one closed. In this way, it is possible to analyze both materials independently.
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