Dendropsophus ebraccatus

Hourglass Treefrog

 

Melanerpes carolinus

Red-bellied Woodpecker

 

Drosera tracyi

 

Peckoltia sabaji

Sabaj's Pleco

 

Mustela frenata

Long-tailed Weasel

 

Lepidonotus squamatus

Rusty Scaleworm

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Orphaned Collections and the Taxonomic Dilemma

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Over the course of the last 150 years or so, universities and other agencies collected specimens, often as part of field classes. Some of these specimens eventually formed individual collections, and sometimes those collections would amalgamate into museums with multiple collections. As time has passed, priorities for universities and other agencies changed, and professors retired and those collections were often…