Faunal

Papio ursinus

BC- 258 Chacma Baboon, Male

Chacma Baboons live on the savannahs of southern Africa. Able to run 35-40 mph, they also possess sharp hearing and eyesight, a necessity on the open plain. Living in male.female groups of about 50 members, they signal threats by staring, raising their eyebrows, flattening their ears, and yawning. They also communicate with growls, grunts. Chattering and barks. 

 

Papio Ursinus

BC-259 Chacma Baboon, Female

Found on the savannas of southern Africa, a distinctive feature of this baboon is its dog-like muzzle, motivating its common name, the dog-faced monkey. It's currently thought that the female has a large say in who she mates with, often choosing multiple partners to ensure greater participation by the males in the nurturing and safe-keeping of the offspring, which may be their own. The female baboon appears to pass her social ranking on to her offspring. 

 

Mandrillus sphinx

BC-261, Mandrill Baboon Female

The mandrill is both the world’s largest monkey and most colorful of all mammal species. Mandrill colors are brightest in dominant males and are used to communicate status. Female Mandrill Baboons are about half the size of their male counterparts and have much duller colors. Both sexes have a mane covering their neck and shoulders. They are primarily fruit-eaters. 

 

Paplo sphinx

BC-010 Mandrill Baboon, Male

Exclusive to the forests of Western Africa, these diurnal, terrestrial omnivores could be nature’s most colorful mammals. The adult males have bare faces with striking, bright blue or violet cheeks, and a scarlet nose bridge, as well as having bare, scarlet buttocks. The Mandrill skull features unique structural projections which run down its nostrils. 

 

Pongo Pygmaeus

BC-255 Bornean Orangutan, Female

The Orangutan, unlike the other great apes, originates from Asia and generally lives a solitary life. Females give birth only once every 8 years or so, nursing the offspring until the age of six and continuing to teach the young how to live on their own for a few more years. Females are significantly smaller than males, weighing only about half as much. 

 

Pongo Pygmaeus

BC-002B Bornean Orangutan, Male

The orangutan is the only member of the great apes to originate from Asia. More numerous than the Sumatran species. Bornean Orangutans are still endangered. Adult Bornean males have large flanges of spongy tissue on either side of their face, called cheek pads, which grow larger with age. This arboreal ape can weigh up to 200 pounds and has an arm span of over 7 feet (it stands about 5 feet). Unlike the other great apes, the Bornean Orangutan generally lives a solitary life. 

 

Gorilla gorilla

BC-036 Gorilla

The largest of the great apes, dangerously few of them remain. Intelligent, peaceful, and persistent problem solvers, gorillas weigh 300-400 pounds and stand 6’ tall. 

 

Gorilla Gorilla

BC- 035 Lowland Gorrilla,Female

17 yr-old Western Lowland. Female Gorillas are significantly smaller than huge adult males. Several may live in a family troop and are guided by the dominant silverback in most areas of their daily activities. Sexually mature when 8 to 9-years old, females may raise 3-6 baies in their lifetime. The babies nurse for 3 to 5 years. Adult males often “babysit” older infants in order to give their moms some uninterrupted feeding time.

 

Pan Troglodytes

Z 05-53. Male Chimpanzee

BC-003 ?

 

Pan Troglodytes

BC-248 Chimp Female Skull

The chimpanzee is an intelligent, social creature and is considered to be our closest relative in the animal kingdom. Smaller than the male on average, the female stands at about 3 ½ feet and weighs 60 to 110 pounds. Female chimps do not become pregnant until they are 10-12 years old and give birth to one offspring about every 5 years. Their lifespan is 30-40 years in the wild. 

 

Canis lupus

BC-004. Siberian Wolf

The Siberian Wolf is the largest of the canids. Although native to the Holarctic region, wolves in the lower 48 states are endangered. An ancestor of the dog, wolves observe a strict pack hierarchy and, although they are highly social animals, hunt both singly and in packs, feeding on large herbivores and small animals. This skull is from an exceptionally large male.

 

Sivapithecus indicus

BH-024. GSP | 15000

8.5 to 12.5 MYA. This skull was discovered in 1979 by Pilbcam and Ibrahim Shah on the Potwar Plateau, Pakistan. It consists of a nearly complete mandible (with complete dentition) and the left side of the face. Its facial characteristics suggest a very Orang-like appearance; characteristics in the dentition, however, point to similarities to early hominids.

 

Kenyanthropus Platypus

BH-020. KNM-WT 40000

3.5 MYA. This skull was discovered in 1999 by J. Erus near Lake Turkana, Kenya. Meave Leakey viewed the finds as being distinct enough from Australopithecus to justify a new genus and species. Providing a second hominid species in the period from 3 to 3.5 MYA, the discovery of this specimen challenges A. afarensis “Lucy” as the direct ancestor of modern human. 

 

Alouatta villosa

BC-017. Howler Monkey

The greatly enlarged lower jaw and massive hyoid (voice box) makes it possible for the gentle Howler to produce a voice that can be heard 3 miles away. 

 

Cebus olivaceus

BC-263. Weeping Capuchin

The Weeping Capuchin is a social monkey found in deciduous and tropical forests in South America. A dominant male leads a group of 10 to 50 members, with mating rights to all receptive females. They weigh from 5 to 6.5 pounds and are about 20 inches long with an equally long semi prehensile tail that can be used for climbing. Their lifespan in the wild is about 35 years. 

 

Saimiri sciureus

BC-320. Squirrel Monkey

This skull is unique among primates. The braincase (housing the largest brain relative to body size of any primate) is long, large and projects farther back than in other monkeys, while the facial skeleton is relatively small. The foramen magnum is farther forward than in other primates and projects straight down. Another distinguishing feature is an interorbital fenestra or hole in the bony interorbital.

 

Tarsius spp

BC-050. Tarsier

Small, insectivorous, nocturnal tree dwellers, tarsiers receive their name from their greatly elongated tarsus, or ankle bones. This adaptation allows them to make prodigious, surefooted leaps through the trees. Their huge eyes, proportionally the largest of all mammals, are fixed in the enormous sockets. Tarsiers, like owls, can turn their heads 180 degrees in either direction.

 

Callithrix jacchus

BC-311. Common Marmoset

The common Marmoset is found in Brazil. Instead of the flat nails typical of the other primates, it has claw-like nails, which help it cling to trees while using its unusually large, chisel-shaped incisors to gnaw at the tree to get at the gum, sap and resin inside. Its coloring is a mixture of yellow, brown and gray with big white tufts sticking out of its ears. 

Lemur catta

BC-087. Ring-tail Lemur

Endemic to Madagascar like all lemurs, the Ring-Tail lemur is named for its cat-like purring and long, ringed tail. Ring-tails are diurnal and more terrestrial than most lemur species. Living in matrilineal family groups, they can often be found early in the morning sitting on the haunches in their distinctive “sunning posture,” warming themselves in the sun.

 

Tupaia glis

BC-083. Tree Shrew

The tree shrew, which resembles a very small squirrel with a long snout, is not a shrew and does not entirely live in trees. More closely related to primitive prosimians, they have a higher brain-to-body mass ratio than humans. They possess large eyes and use their clawed forepaws for holding food. Tree shrews are active diurnal omnivores. Highly territorial, they spend their days screaming and fighting with others of their kind. The offspring are kept in a nest separate from that of the mother, who suckles them only every 48 hours

 

Nycticebus coucang 

BC-264. Slow Loris

The Slow Loris is found in tropical forests in Southeast Asia. This round faced prosimian with big, fixed eyes is 10-15 inches long and weighs 1-3.3 pounds. Sleeping during the day, this tree-living creature hunts at night. It moves deliberately and slowly along branches using the powerful grip of its hands and feet before striking out to capture its prey of insects. 

 

Babyrousa babyrussa

BC-251. Babirusa

A member of the pig family, the Babirusa is found in the rainforests of Indonesia. Its most striking feature is its two sets of tusks. The lower set protrudes from the lower jaw and aims upwards, good for offensive attack. The upper set of canines, however, looks more like antlers, erupting from the upper jaw and circling back to its skull, sometimes penetrating it. 

 

Symphalangus (Hylobates) Syndactylus

BC-290. Siamang, Male

Siamangs are found in Sumatra and Malaysia. They are the largest of the lesser apes, standing about three feet tall. The Siamang has two pronounced features that distinguish it from other gibbons. First, it has webbing between its second and third toes. But most noticeable is its enormous throat sac, which can inflate to a size equivalent almost to the size of its head. 

 

Symphalangus (Hylobates) Syndactylus

BC-047. Siamang Skull Female

Siamangs, the largest of the gibbons, live in Sumatra and Malaysia. These apes are almost exclusively arboreal, displaying "suspensory" behavior. Siamangs have opposable big toes, which allow them to grasp branches with their feet when walking upright along them. They also travel through the trees swinging from tree limb to limb, covering more than 30 feet with a single swing. One difference between siamangs and other gibbons is its enormous throat sac, which can inflate to a size equivalent almost to the size of its head.