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CATALOGUE OF THE TYPE SPECIMENS OF CAUCASIAN LARGE MAMMALIAN FAUNA IN THE COLLECTION OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF GEORGIA | Authors: | Melkadze, Ninell; Ninua, Nargiza; Skhirtladze, Izabella | | Subjects: | Catalogue of mammals; | | DDC Subject: | Animals | | Abstract: | In the National Museum of Georgia are stocked the specimens of large animals, which once inhabited and
dwell at present in the Caucasian territory. This catalogue contains description of animals, specimens of
which are preserved in the collections of the National Museum of Georgia. The majority of specimens
are of unique, academic, historic and cultural importance. Most of the specimens are Caucasus and its
neighbor regions in origin, and form a good reference collection for the study of the Caucasus fauna. It is
the intent of this work to support large mammalian collection of the National Museum of Georgia by
detailed, original catalogue; to foster accessibility of collection data at the international level; to highlight
the history of collection development; to describe the large mammals of this region that represented by
specimens in the collections of the National Museum of Georgia. Catalogue consists of five parts: 1.
Introduction; 2. The illustrated description of species and subspecies in the collections of Museum; 3.
Index of skins and stuffed large mammalian animal species. Most of the specimens are labeled with a
description which includes the locale of the animals capture, the date, the name of the person who
collected the specimen, and the name of the person who classified (it is arranged in chronological order in
tables); 4. References; 5. Index of Latin, Georgian, Russian and English names of animals. | | Table Of Contents: | Notes;
Introduction
Caucasus and Its Large Mammalian;
Order Carnivora;
• Family Canidae;
• Family Ursidae;
• Family Mustelidae;
• Family Phocidae;
• Family Hyaenidae;
• Family Felidae;
Super order Cetartiodactyla;
Order Cetacea;
• Family Delphinidae;
• Family Phocoenidae;
• Family Balaenopteridae;
Order Artiodactyla;
• Family Suidae;
• Family Cervidae;
• Family Bovidae;
References. | | Date of Issue: | 2009 | | Source: | CATALOGUE OF THE TYPE SPECIMENS OF CAUCASIAN LARGE MAMMALIAN FAUNA IN THE COLLECTION OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF GEORGIA / Authors of the texts : Ninell Melkadze, Nargiza Ninua, Izabella Skhirtladze; Authors of a list of type specimens: Nargiza Ninua, Izabella Skhirtladze; Edited by : Alexander Bukhnikashvili, PhD; Heather Wakefield, master of Library and Information Sciences; Ilya Yevlampiev, master of Physics; Tbilisi - 2009 -64 p. UDC: 599(479) | | Language: | English | | Extent Format: | 64 p. | | Created: | 2011-07-08 | | Modified: | 2011-07-08 |
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