Ocelot: the evolution of taxidermy

Title: Ocelot: the evolution of taxidermy
Description: A detail from the Museum für Naturkunde's "Ocelot: the evolution of taxidermy". The focus is on a mounted ocelot from 1818 done by a taxidermist who had never seen a live ocelot and had nothing but the skin and a few sketches of the animal, lacking basic anatomical knowledge.
Identifier: EAP_OET
Creator: Carola Radke
Spatial Coverage: Museum für Naturkunde
Date: 2018
Subject: Ocelot
Medium: Taxidermy; Hides & skins; dermoplastic
Language: English
Relation: Google Arts & Culture: Ocelot: The evolution of taxidermy
Rights: © Museum für Naturkunde. All rights reserved.
Rights Holder: Museum für Naturkunde