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Cambridge Museum of Zoology. August 2018

Cambridge Museum of Zoology. August 2018
Elasmobranchii Batoidea. Pteroplatea micura.
Batoidea is a superorder of cartilaginous fish commonly known as rays. They and their close relatives, the sharks, comprise the subclass Elasmobranchii. Rays are the largest group of cartilaginous fishes, with well over 600 species in 26 families. Rays are distinguished by their flattened bodies, enlarged pectoral fins that are fused to the head, and gill slits that are placed on their ventral surfaces.
Batoidea is a superorder of cartilaginous fish commonly known as rays. They and their close relatives, the sharks, comprise the subclass Elasmobranchii. Rays are the largest group of cartilaginous fishes, with well over 600 species in 26 families. Rays are distinguished by their flattened bodies, enlarged pectoral fins that are fused to the head, and gill slits that are placed on their ventral surfaces.

Museum of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge UK.After being closed for 5 years the newly renovated Museum of Zoology reopened this year to the public and academic researchers, making the museum one of the major Cambridge attractions with more than 75,000 visitors a year. Entry is free but the museum is closed on Mondays.The redevelopment work was part funded by a Heritage Lottery Fund grant of £1.8 million towards a total of the £4.3 million needed. The museum has some of the best collections in the world with specimens from across the entire animal kingdom, from elephants, sloths, reptiles, insects and molluscs.The great naturalists Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace both left much of their work to the museum including the world famous beetle collection that Charles Darwin amassed while studying in Cambridge in the early 19th century.The collection contains more than three million items and thousands are on view to visitors including a skeleton of the extinct Dodo.Perhaps the most impressive new addition to the museum is the Whale Hall built to hous

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Cambridge Museum of Zoology. August 2018<br /> Elasmobranchii Batoidea. Pteroplatea micura.<br /> Batoidea is a superorder of cartilaginous fish commonly known as rays. They and their close relatives, the sharks, comprise the subclass Elasmobranchii. Rays are the largest group of cartilaginous fishes, with well over 600 species in 26 families. Rays are distinguished by their flattened bodies, enlarged pectoral fins that are fused to the head, and gill slits that are placed on their ventral surfaces.<br /> Batoidea is a superorder of cartilaginous fish commonly known as rays. They and their close relatives, the sharks, comprise the subclass Elasmobranchii. Rays are the largest group of cartilaginous fishes, with well over 600 species in 26 families. Rays are distinguished by their flattened bodies, enlarged pectoral fins that are fused to the head, and gill slits that are placed on their ventral surfaces.<br /> <br /> Museum of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge UK.After being closed for 5 years the newly renovated Museum of Zoology reopened this year to the public and academic researchers, making the museum one of the major Cambridge attractions with more than 75,000 visitors a year. Entry is free but the museum is closed on Mondays.The redevelopment work was part funded by a Heritage Lottery Fund grant of £1.8 million towards a total of the £4.3 million needed. The museum has some of the best collections in the world with specimens from across the entire animal kingdom, from elephants, sloths, reptiles, insects and molluscs.The great naturalists Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace both left much of their work to the museum including the world famous beetle collection that Charles Darwin amassed while studying in Cambridge in the early 19th century.The collection contains more than three million items and thousands are on view to visitors including a skeleton of the extinct Dodo.Perhaps the most impressive new addition to the museum is the Whale Hall built to hous
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