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)
Skeletons
Eurasian harvest mouse (Micromys minutus)
Feathertail glider (Acrobates pygmaeus)
Common flying dragon (Draco volans)
Black-webbed tree frog (Rhacophorus reinwardtii) and Goliath frog (Conraua goliath)
Red-bellied piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri)
Mbu pufferfish (Tetraodon mbu)
Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis)
Veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus)
Big hairy armadillo (Chaetophractus villosus)
European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)
Derby's woolly opossum (Caluromys derbianus)
European mole (Talpa europaea)
House mouse (Mus musculus)
Bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae)
Seahorse (Hippocampus patagonicus)
Spiny seahorses (Hippocampus histrix)
Common pipistrelle (pipistrellus pipistrellus)
Vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus)
Seba's short-tailed bat (Carollia perspicillata)
Japanese house bat (Pipistrellus abramus)
Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus)
European green woodpecker (Picus viridus)
Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops) and European crested tit (Lophophanes cristatus)
Shining bronze-cuckoo (Chrysococcyx lucidus plagosus)
Short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
Lesser mole-rat (Spalax leucodon)
Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)
Reticulated python (Malayopython reticulatus)
Stripe-faced dunnart (Sminthopsis macroura)
Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus), Black rat (Rattus rattus)
Lowland streaked tenrecs (Hemicentetes semispinosus)
Golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus)
Eurasion red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
Common gundi (Ctenodactylus gundi)
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)