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zoological specimen

animal or part of an animal preserved for scientific use or display
Class type of: item of collection or exhibition, biological specimen Q2114846

Facts

4 properties
Subclass of
item of collection or exhibition, biological specimen[3][4]
Different from
biological specimen[6]
Made from material
cotton wool, wood wool[1][2]
Said to be the same as
mounted animal[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en taxidermy specimen en zoological specimen en mounted specimen de Tierpräparat de Präparat es especimen zoologico es espécimen zoológico fr spécimen naturalisé he דגימת פחלוץ he דגימה זואולוגית he דגימה רכובה he מדגם זואולוגי id Spesimen zoologi it esemplare zoologico ja 動物標本 nl balgen nl preparaat ru зоологический образец sv specimen zh 动物学标本
🔖 Identifiers · 14
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85149980
GND ID
4115609-2
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Oslo Zoological Museum - IMG 9062.jpg ↗
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300420186
BNCF Thesaurus ID
34028
Dewey Decimal Classification
580.74
FAST ID
1184690
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/122nnzr7
Library of Congress Children's Subject Headings ID
sj2021055534
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2779776615
Museum-digital tag ID
1132, 3641
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007536544005171
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National Library of Latvia ID
000124087
Yale LUX ID
concept/bd3d7725-b517-459c-9339-3553b2d0fe9b

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🔗 Connections
Examples 5
Balto, Turkana Boy, Allenton hippopotamus, Barry, Fiji mermaid
Made from material 2
cotton wool, wood wool
← Has part(s) of the class 2
natural history museum, AL 333
Different from 1
biological specimen
Subclass of 1
biological specimen
Subtypes 1
Jenny Haniver
← Different from 1
biological specimen
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  1. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Made from material → cotton wool, wood wool
    Said to be the same as → mounted animal
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → item of collection or exhibition, biological specimen
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007536544005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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