Showing posts with label RMBR treasures. Show all posts
Showing posts with label RMBR treasures. Show all posts

Monday, October 18, 2010

Raffles Museum Treasures: Malayan porcupine

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Malayan porcupine (Hystrix brachyura)
Collected from Bukit Timah, August 1923
Native to Singapore: Critically Endangered

Habitatnews: The Tekong Porcupine
Tekong's treasures
IUCN Red List


(Photo by kwokwai76)

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Raffles Museum Treasures: Giant weevil

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Giant weevil (Macrochirus sp.)
Collected from Kent Ridge, 1999
Native to Singapore


Macrochirus praetor
(Photo by audobonimages)

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Raffles Museum Treasures: Stalk-eyed fly

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Stalk-eyed fly (?Teleopsis quinqueguttata)
Collected from Bukit Timah, June 1985
Native to Singapore

This specimen was labelled as "Diopteris sp.", which is probably an error, as this name apparently doesn't exist.

Karthik's Journey: Stalk-eyed Fly
Pharyngula: The Lovely Stalk-eyed Fly
Female choice response to artificial selection on an
exaggerated male trait in a stalk-eyed fly



Teleopsis quinqueguttata
(Photo by spilopterus)