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The lost species : great expeditions in the collections of natural history museums, Christopher Kemp
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- Extent
- xxi, 250 pages
- Contents
-
- Here be dragons : the ruby seadragon (Phyllopteryx dewysea)
- A century in a jar : the Thorius salamanders
- From a green bowl : the overlooked squeaker frog (Arthroleptis kutogundua)
- A body and a disembodied tail : Smith's hidden gecko (Cyrtodactylus celatus)
- The invertebrates.
- Treasure in the by-catch : the gall wasps (Cynipoidea species)
- The biomimic : the lightning cockroach (Lucihormetica luckae)
- Sunk beneath the surface in a sea of beetles : Darwin's rove beetle (Darwinilus sedarisi)
- The spoils of a distant war : the Congo duskhawker dragonfly (Gynacantha congolica)
- A specimen in two halves : Muir's wedge-shaped beetle (Rhipidocyrtus muiri)
- Introduction
- Mary Kingsley's longhorn beetle (Pseudictator kingsleyae)
- The giant flies (Gauromydas papavero and Gauromydas mateus)
- It came from Area 51 : the atomic tarantula spider (Aphonopelma atomicum)
- The host with the most : the nematode worm (Ohbayashinema aspeira)
- From a time machine on Cromwell Road : Ablett's land snail (Pseudopomatias abletti)
- In sight of land : Payden's isopod (Exosphaeroma paydenae)
- A ball of spines : Makarov's king crab (Paralomis makarovi)
- Botanical.
- In an Ikea bag : the custard apple family (Monanthotaxis genus)
- The others.
- The vertebrates.
- Waiting with their jackets on : the fossils (paleontology specimens collected by Elmer Riggs)
- The first art : the earliest hominid engraving (a 500,000-year-old shell)
- Epilogue
- Pushed up a mountain and into the clouds : the olinguito (Bassaricyon neblina)
- Beneath a color 83 sky : the ucucha mouse (Thomasomys ucucha)
- Going on a tapir hunt : the little black tapir (Tapirus kabomani)
- A taxonomic confusion : the saki monkeys (Pithecia genus)
- Scattered to the corners of the world : the Arfak pygmy bandicoot (Microperoryctes aplini)
- The one that got away for 160 years : Wallace's pike cichlid (Crenicichla monicae)
- Isbn
- 9780226386218
- Label
- The lost species : great expeditions in the collections of natural history museums
- Title
- The lost species
- Title remainder
- great expeditions in the collections of natural history museums
- Statement of responsibility
- Christopher Kemp
- Subject
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- Type specimens (Natural history)
- Natural history
- Biological specimens -- Identification -- Popular works
- trueNatural history museums
- Natural history -- Catalogs and collections
- Natural history -- Research -- Popular works
- Natural history museums
- Catalogs and collections
- Natural history -- Popular works
- Biological specimens -- Identification
- Natural history -- Research
- Popular works
- Type specimens (Natural history) -- Popular works
- Language
- eng
- Cataloging source
- ICU/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kemp, Christopher
- Dewey number
- 508.075
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Natural history
- Type specimens (Natural history)
- Biological specimens
- Natural history
- Natural history
- Natural history museums
- Biological specimens
- Natural history
- Natural history museums
- Natural history
- Type specimens (Natural history)
- Label
- The lost species : great expeditions in the collections of natural history museums, Christopher Kemp
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-236) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Here be dragons : the ruby seadragon (Phyllopteryx dewysea)
- A century in a jar : the Thorius salamanders
- From a green bowl : the overlooked squeaker frog (Arthroleptis kutogundua)
- A body and a disembodied tail : Smith's hidden gecko (Cyrtodactylus celatus)
- The invertebrates.
- Treasure in the by-catch : the gall wasps (Cynipoidea species)
- The biomimic : the lightning cockroach (Lucihormetica luckae)
- Sunk beneath the surface in a sea of beetles : Darwin's rove beetle (Darwinilus sedarisi)
- The spoils of a distant war : the Congo duskhawker dragonfly (Gynacantha congolica)
- A specimen in two halves : Muir's wedge-shaped beetle (Rhipidocyrtus muiri)
- Introduction
- Mary Kingsley's longhorn beetle (Pseudictator kingsleyae)
- The giant flies (Gauromydas papavero and Gauromydas mateus)
- It came from Area 51 : the atomic tarantula spider (Aphonopelma atomicum)
- The host with the most : the nematode worm (Ohbayashinema aspeira)
- From a time machine on Cromwell Road : Ablett's land snail (Pseudopomatias abletti)
- In sight of land : Payden's isopod (Exosphaeroma paydenae)
- A ball of spines : Makarov's king crab (Paralomis makarovi)
- Botanical.
- In an Ikea bag : the custard apple family (Monanthotaxis genus)
- The others.
- The vertebrates.
- Waiting with their jackets on : the fossils (paleontology specimens collected by Elmer Riggs)
- The first art : the earliest hominid engraving (a 500,000-year-old shell)
- Epilogue
- Pushed up a mountain and into the clouds : the olinguito (Bassaricyon neblina)
- Beneath a color 83 sky : the ucucha mouse (Thomasomys ucucha)
- Going on a tapir hunt : the little black tapir (Tapirus kabomani)
- A taxonomic confusion : the saki monkeys (Pithecia genus)
- Scattered to the corners of the world : the Arfak pygmy bandicoot (Microperoryctes aplini)
- The one that got away for 160 years : Wallace's pike cichlid (Crenicichla monicae)
- Control code
- ocn983799177
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xxi, 250 pages
- Isbn
- 9780226386218
- Lccn
- 2017016333
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)983799177
- Label
- The lost species : great expeditions in the collections of natural history museums, Christopher Kemp
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-236) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Here be dragons : the ruby seadragon (Phyllopteryx dewysea)
- A century in a jar : the Thorius salamanders
- From a green bowl : the overlooked squeaker frog (Arthroleptis kutogundua)
- A body and a disembodied tail : Smith's hidden gecko (Cyrtodactylus celatus)
- The invertebrates.
- Treasure in the by-catch : the gall wasps (Cynipoidea species)
- The biomimic : the lightning cockroach (Lucihormetica luckae)
- Sunk beneath the surface in a sea of beetles : Darwin's rove beetle (Darwinilus sedarisi)
- The spoils of a distant war : the Congo duskhawker dragonfly (Gynacantha congolica)
- A specimen in two halves : Muir's wedge-shaped beetle (Rhipidocyrtus muiri)
- Introduction
- Mary Kingsley's longhorn beetle (Pseudictator kingsleyae)
- The giant flies (Gauromydas papavero and Gauromydas mateus)
- It came from Area 51 : the atomic tarantula spider (Aphonopelma atomicum)
- The host with the most : the nematode worm (Ohbayashinema aspeira)
- From a time machine on Cromwell Road : Ablett's land snail (Pseudopomatias abletti)
- In sight of land : Payden's isopod (Exosphaeroma paydenae)
- A ball of spines : Makarov's king crab (Paralomis makarovi)
- Botanical.
- In an Ikea bag : the custard apple family (Monanthotaxis genus)
- The others.
- The vertebrates.
- Waiting with their jackets on : the fossils (paleontology specimens collected by Elmer Riggs)
- The first art : the earliest hominid engraving (a 500,000-year-old shell)
- Epilogue
- Pushed up a mountain and into the clouds : the olinguito (Bassaricyon neblina)
- Beneath a color 83 sky : the ucucha mouse (Thomasomys ucucha)
- Going on a tapir hunt : the little black tapir (Tapirus kabomani)
- A taxonomic confusion : the saki monkeys (Pithecia genus)
- Scattered to the corners of the world : the Arfak pygmy bandicoot (Microperoryctes aplini)
- The one that got away for 160 years : Wallace's pike cichlid (Crenicichla monicae)
- Control code
- ocn983799177
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xxi, 250 pages
- Isbn
- 9780226386218
- Lccn
- 2017016333
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)983799177
Subject
- Biological specimens -- Identification
- Biological specimens -- Identification -- Popular works
- Catalogs and collections
- Natural history
- Natural history -- Catalogs and collections
- Natural history -- Popular works
- Natural history -- Research
- Natural history -- Research -- Popular works
- trueNatural history museums
- Natural history museums
- Popular works
- Type specimens (Natural history)
- Type specimens (Natural history) -- Popular works
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