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Description: | Local and non-local natural history including the Dr Parker collection of birds and birds eggs and the hunting trophies of Colonel Edgar Harrison and Major Cooper, acquired whilst they were serving abroad as military officers. Animal heads donated by Col. Harrison in the 1930s include Antelope, Bison, Gazelle, Pumas, Rhinos and a Tiger. The collection also features African animals such as a lion, aardvark, springbok and a great flamingo donated in 1860 and one of the oldest specimens in the collection.
The Arctic specimens include a Musk Ox, Snowy Owls and a fully-grown adult polar bear formerly part of the Earl of Lonsdale's collection at Lowther Castle.
From South America there is a three-toed sloth, an armadillo and several exotic birds including Toucans and a Quetzal.
Australian mammals are represented by marsupials such as a Red Kangaroo, Spiny Anteater and a Duckbilled Platypus. There is also a rare specimen of a Thylacine, a large carnivorous marsupial also known as a Tasmanian Wolf or Tasmanian Tiger and thought to have been extinct since the 1930s. This specimen was donated in 1939 by a Dr Parker, and was cased by H. Murray of Carnforth.
Asian wildlife covers the wide range of habitats with species such as the Orang-utan of the rainforests and lowland species such as the Peacock.
Europe specimens include a Great Bustard (extinct in England since the early 19th Century), an Otter, Badger, Waxwing and Spoonbill. | Subjects: | Biology | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Station Road
Kendal,
LA9 6BT | FAX: | 01539 722 494 | Telephone: | 01539 721 374 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:1600 | Go to resource |
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