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 Mammal Gallery
 

The Nilgiri Langur

   The Nilgiri Langur is a fairly heavily built, glossy black or black brown Langur with a yellowish brown head. It inhabits the hill tracts of Southern India and is found on the Western Ghats from Coorg to Cape Comorin, the Nilgiris, Anamalai, and Tirunelveli hills, usually at elevations ranging from 3000 to 6000 feet. It lives in dense woods of the evergreen forest and moves about in small groups of about five to ten individuals. It's fur is fine and glossy and its flesh is supposed to be of medicinal value.

The Nilgiri Langur

 

   

     Abnormal embryos of Pig and Cat   

     

 

Abnormal embryos of Pig and Cat

    Abnormal specimens of embryo of pig with one head, eight limbs and young one of cat with one head, two trunks and eight legs are exhibited. They are mounted and preserved in rectified spirit.

  

    

 

The Skeleton of Indian Panther

   The skeleton of Indian panther or leopard (Panthera pardus), is intended to serve as a helpful guide to the students acquainting them with the various parts of the mammalian skeleton. The skull and teeth are those of a typical carnivore.

 

The Skeleton of Indian Panther    

 

The Skeleton of Indian Tiger    

The Skeleton of Indian Tiger

   The skeleton of Indian tiger (Felis tigris), is intended to serve as a helpful guide to the students acquainting them with the various parts of the mammalian skeleton. The skull and teeth are those of a typical carnivore.

 

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