Sentences with word «mammalogy»

With so many «extinct» creatures reappearing, it is reasonable to wonder if the word has lost its meaning — something Ross MacPhee, curator of mammalogy at the American Museum of Natural History, has been outspoken about.

The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences» mammalogy collection contains approximately 20,000 specimens and is one of the largest regional mammal collections in the Southeast.

Ctenomys lessai was named in honor of Enrique P. Lessa, an expert in Latin American mammalogy, evolution and the biology of tuco - tucos.

From 1984 to 1999 Flannery was the principal research scientist in mammalogy at the Australian Museum in Sydney.

Dioramas might seem old - fashioned, but they allow visitors «to walk right up to the glass to check out individual features in a way you would never be able to do in a TV documentary,» says Ross MacPhee, a mammalogy curator at the museum.

Kris Pirozynski, one of the sacked scientists, complains that the CMN has sacked its only specialists in ornithology, mammalogy, herpetology and animal behaviour.

«The northern spotted owl is special because it's our backyard bird here in the Bay Area — found from Marin County, California all the way north to British Columbia,» Dr. Jack Dumbacher says, Academy curator of ornithology and mammalogy.

«She is fully integrated into our sea lion group on exhibit and is coming along well interacting with the keepers for our training program;» says Josh Charlton, assistant curator, mammalogy, Bronx Zoo.