Specimens and Collections
Sources of Specimens Shown on this Website
Dasyurimorphia
Antechinus: brain removed from animal trapped in the Blue Mountains by KWS Ashwell under licence from the National Parks and Wildlife Service.
Eastern quoll: brain removed at autopsy at Taronga Zoo, Sydney.
Tasmanian devil: brain removed at autopsy at Taronga Zoo, Sydney.
Thylacine: brains from The Australian Museum, Sydney (M18411) and the Smithsonian Washington DC (USNM 125345).
Diprotodontia
Brush-tailed rock wallaby: brain removed at autopsy at Taronga Zoo, Sydney.
Common ring-tailed possum: brain removed at autopsy at Taronga Zoo, Sydney.
Koala: brain removed at autopsy at Taronga Zoo, Sydney.
Yellow-bellied glider: brain removed at autopsy at Taronga Zoo, Sydney.
Monotremata
Short-beaked echidna: brains from The Australian Museum, Sydney (M18409) and the National Museum of Australia, ACT (1984.0010.0455, 1984.0010.1488).
Long-beaked echidna: skull of Zaglossus bartoni bartoni from The Australian Museum, Sydney (M8263).
Platypus: brains and bill from The National Museum of Australia, ACT (1984.0010.0212, 1984.0010.0215, 1984.0010.0459, 1984.0010.0532, 1984.0010.0869). Pouch young/hatchlings from The Australian Museum, Sydney (M2783, M2788, M5014, M5017, M22580, M25916, M32751) or The National Museum of Australia (1984.0010.0481).