Osteology - The National Natural History Collections

The osteological collection of the vertebrates includes details from different geographical areas of Israel and neighboring countries, which were collected in the last 60 years. Prof. Israel Aharoni is the founder of the zoological collections at the beginning of the 20th century, following him researchers and students continued the collection for teaching and research. The collection includes rare species, extinct and endangered species, as well as details on which species were described (TYPE). From the very beginning the details in the collection included all the parts of the skeleton and each detail was given a number. In recent years, the number identifying each individual has been recorded on each body part. The rodents (about 200 individuals) also include whole individuals.