Portfolio
This page shows a selection of the animal skeletons I have cleaned and build. Most of these were not even possible to create without the help of dermestid beetles, hence why this page applies as a portfolio of their work as well. Curious how to work with dermestid beetles? Visit the beetle-cleaning page for more information.
Spotlight - Natural History Museums
Tokay gecko (Gekko gecko) - ARTIS Groote Museum (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
Seba's short-tailed bat (Carollia perspicillata) - ARTIS Groote Museum (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
Goliath frog (Conraua goliath) - ARTIS Groote Museum (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) - ARTIS Groote Museum (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
Common pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) - MuseOs (Koksijde, Belgium)
Least weasel (Mustela nivalis) - MuseOs (Koksijde, Belgium)
Amazilia hummingbird (Amazilia amazilia) - MuseOs (Koksijde, Belgium)
Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) - MuseOs (Koksijde, Belgium)
Syrian hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) - MuseOs (Koksijde, Belgium)
Common gundi (Ctenodactylus gundi) - MuseOs (Koksijde, Belgium)
Slender-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis murina) - MuseOs (Koksijde, Belgium)
Skeletons
Feathertail glider (Acrobates pygmaeus)
Derby's woolly opossum (Caluromys derbianus)
Eurasian harvest mouse (Micromys minutus)
Lesser mole-rat (Spalax leucodon)
Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis)
Common flying dragon (Draco volans)
Veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus)
Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)
Black-webbed tree frog (Rhacophorus reinwardtii) and Goliath frog (Conraua goliath)
Spiny seahorses (Hippocampus histrix)
Red-bellied piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri)
Mbu pufferfish (Tetraodon mbu)
Seba's short-tailed bat (Carollia perspicillata)
Vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus)
Common pipistrelle (pipistrellus pipistrellus)
Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus)
Bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae)
European green woodpecker (Picus viridus)
Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops) and European crested tit (Lophophanes cristatus)
shining bronze cuckoo (Chalcites lucidus)
Big hairy armadillo (Chaetophractus villosus)
Short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)
European mole (Talpa europaea)
Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus)
House mouse (Mus musculus)
Lowland streaked tenrecs (Hemicentetes semispinosus)
Slender-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis murina)
Skulls & Shells
Green frog (Pelophylax sp.)
African civet (Civettictis civetta)
Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
Domestic sheep (Ovis aries)
Pet cat (Felis catus)
Pet dog - Shih Tzu (Canis familiaris)
Black-faced dacnis (Dacnis lineata)
Russian tortoise (Testudo horsfieldii)
Indian star tortoise (Geochelone elegans)
Kitten skulls (Felis catus)
Leopard tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis)
Cumberland slider (Trachemys scripta troostii)