[Nhcoll-l] Acid free card board or card stock for mammal flat skins samples

[Elizabeth Wommack]

Hello everyone,

The UWYMV has several active graduate research projects on mammals, and we're working to help them preserve as much as possible while also not overwhelming the collection. One thing we are looking into is saving some parts of the animals as flat skins, and I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for the types of material to use for the pinning and stretching the mammal flat skins and skin samples.

I've found archival/acid free card stock, which I think will work well for helping preserve parts of chipmunks. I'm concerned though the card stock will not be sturdy enough to help us preserve skins samples from larger mammals, such as raccoons.

Any recommendations or suggestions are much appreciated.

Thank you,
Beth Wommack

Elizabeth Wommack, PhD
Curator and Collections Manager of Vertebrates
University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates
Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center
University of Wyoming,
Laramie, WY 82071
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