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S A N D V I P E R ( F I G . L E F T )
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M O D E L O F A N A L L I G A T O R C E R E B E L L U M ( F I G . R I G H T )

Z O O L O G I C A L T E A C H I N G C O L L E C T I O N
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The Zoological Teaching Collection consists of a historical collection and a teaching collection.
The teaching collection is essential for the practical training of biologists and biotechnolo-
gists and is also used by landscape architects and physicians. The historical collection is sub-
divided into cartographical material, a wet collection, plaster models and an insect collection of
donated local coleoptera (beetles), among other things. The »practical« part of the collection
includes specimens stored in alcohol, insects, mollusc shells (collected during excursions),
skulls, hides, mounted mammals, a parasitological section and permanent specimens from all
groups of organisms. The collection was re-established in 1994 with the founding of the
current Institute of Zoology. The core of the collection consists of specimens that have been
returned from Dresden’s Museum of Zoology.

Institute of Zoology
Seminargebäude 2 · Zellescher Weg 20
Gudrun Wolf · Phone +49 351–463 331 67 · E-Mail: Gudrun.Wolf@tu-dresden.de

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