[Nhcoll-l] Preparing small ungulates?

[Krejsa, Dianna M]

Hi Katrina, I've attached a picture of a fawn and a snowshoe hare in more space-efficient poses you could try. All the best, Dianna

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Dianna M. Krejsa
Collection Manager of Mammals
University of Kansas, Biodiversity Institute
1345 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS 66045
krejsa at ku.edu, 515-979-4137
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Hello everyone,

We salvaged a mule deer fawn on campus recently and would like to prepare it as a study skin since it is in such good shape. It was very young, so it is quite small. We don’t have any ungulate skins apart from some old tanned hides, so I’m not exactly sure the best way to go about this. I’m imagining doing a semi-flat skin like you would do with a raccoon or fox, with a cardboard center and some cotton wrapped around it. I’m just wondering how to handle those super long legs. Our drawers are at least a meter in length (not sure off the top of my head).



If anyone has small ungulate skin preps in their collections, could you send me a picture or give some pointers?



Thank you!



Katrina Derieg

Vertebrate Zoology Collections Manager

Natural History Museum of Utah (UMNH)

301 Wakara Way

Salt Lake City, Utah 84108

Email: kderieg at nhmu.utah.edu<mailto:kderieg at nhmu.utah.edu>

Mobile: (801) 707-4819 | Office: (801) 587-5787

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