Rare Event for the Cowan Tetrapod Collection Avian Type specimen
- inesmoran2
- Feb 13, 2014
- 1 min read
Updated: Jun 29, 2024
It was quite a privilege to handle and photograph a "type specimen" from the Avian Cowan Tetrapod Collection today, a Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) from Maria Magdelena, Tres Marias Islands, Mexico collected by Dr. Peter Larkin on March 1st 1961.
See more at: http://www.beatymuseum.ubc.ca/blog/rare-event-repatriation-avian-type-specimen#sthash.4JizFvgR.dpuf
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