Mammals
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Tasmanian Wolf Thylacinus cynocephalus collected by Professor Flynn
The mammal collection contains over 2,000 specimens of animal skins, mounts and skeletal material, mainly from Northern Ireland. Among it is a small collection of Australian and Tasmanian animals collected by Professor Flynn, of Queens University Belfast, He was the father of the famous actor Errol. This collection includes a mounted Tasmanian Wolf Thylacinus cynocephalus, a species that became extinct in 1936.
An excellent collection of whale and dolphin skeletons has been built up from animals that have become stranded on our shores. One of the world’s rarest species, Gervais’ Beaked Whale Mesoplodon europaeus, was added to the collection in 1989.
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