Reports

Program No.17-102

Museum fuer Naturkunde, Germany

Shigehara Nobuo

Period of invitation: 21st January,2006 - 29th January,2006

　　 Dr. Robert Asher (Mammal Department) and Dr. Perter Giere gave tour of thecollection at the Natural History Museum. They explained to me the storagemethod, rules for using the collection, and the method of cataloguing.During the visit, mainly the skulls of primates were studied. In particular,I focused on Prosimians. The skulls were measured and photographed. Inaddition, I photographed the dorsal, ventral, and lateral views of carnivorespecimens so that the images can be used on CRT for measurements. Theanalysis is currently undertaken.

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