Feathertail glider, potted specimen

Maker
Frederic Wood Jones (b.1879, d.1954)
Date
Circa 1930-1937
 Description
Potted specimen of a feathertail glider (Acrobates pygmaeus). The specimen is preserved in fluid and contained in a rectangular, glass battery jar. The feathertail glider is a very small marsupial found in eastern Australia. It is the smallest gliding mammal in the world.
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Object detail

Maker
Date
Circa 1930-1937
Accession number
516-500141
Inscriptions
other id/inscriptions ▫ A. PYGMAEUS
Object type
animal tissue
Named Collection
Frederic Wood Jones Collection
Harry Brookes Allen Museum Anatomy Category
Possums (Phalangeriformes)
Comparative anatomy
Museum
Harry Brookes Allen Museum of Anatomy and Pathology

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