BIO270 Build a Critter

Build-a-Critter is an extended laboratory exercise in BIO270 Vertebrate Zoology. In this exercise students work in groups to prepare, articulate, and mount vertebrate skeletons, for inclusion in the Wesleyan Osteology Collection of vertebrate study materials.

	"Racer" is a house finch Carpodacus mexicanus articulated and mounted by Amber Mathews during spring 2006.
Students in BIO270 Spring 2013 prepared, articulated, and mounted nine skeletons:
	Plains Pocket Gopher Geomys bursarius Osteology Collection
	Domestic Dog Canis lupus familiaris Osteology Collection
	Asian Small- Clawed Otter Aonyx cinerea Osteology Collection
	Tammar Wallaby Macropus eugenii Osteology Collection
	Small Asian Mongoose Herpestes javanicus Osteology Collection
	Hoffmann's Two-Toed Sloth Choloepus hoffmanni Osteology Collection
	Chinese Bamboo Rat Rhizomys sinensis Osteology Collection
	Reeves' Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Osteology Collection
	White-Tailed Prairie Dog Cynomys leucurus Osteology Collection
Students in BIO270 Spring 2011 prepared, articulated, and mounted six skeletons:
	Tree Pangolin Manis tricuspis Osteology Collection
	Hammer-Headed Bat Hysignathus monstrosus Osteology Collection
	Crab-Eating Macaque Macaca fascicularis Osteology Collection
	European Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Osteology Collection
	Nine-Banded Armadillo Dasypus novemcinctus Osteology Collection
	Common Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina Osteology Collection
Students in BIO270 Spring 2009 prepared, articulated, and mounted six skeletons:
	Swift Fox Vulpes velox Osteology Collection
	Northern Pygmy Owl Glaucidium gnoma Osteology Collection
	Virginia Opossum Didelphis virginiana Osteology Collection
	Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus Osteology Collection
	Ringtail Bassariscus astutus Osteology Collection
	Leopard Tortoise Geochelone pardalis Osteology Collection