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Mammology Collection

Platypus skeleton. Photographer: Damon Wilder

Ornithorhynchus anatinus Platypus skeleton. Photographer: Damon Wilder

Over 1500 mammals are held in the Macleay Museum, the majority collected from Australia between 1870 and 1890.

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