Galápagos Cormorant (NHMW-Zoo-VS 62.755)3D Model
3D scan of a mount of the Galápagos Cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi). This species is the only flightless member of the cormorant family. They are very rare in the wild and can only be found on two of the Galápagos Islands: Isabela and Fernandina. Due to the lack of natural predators and enough food on the islands, they lost their ability to fly. This specimen was purchased in 1902 by natural history dealer William F. H. Rosenberg.
The Galápagos Cormorant is Number 75 of the NHM Top 100 and can be found in Hall 30 of the NHM Vienna.
Specimen: Phalacrocorax harrisi (Rothschild, 1898)
Inventory number: NHMW-Zoo-VS 62.755
Collection: Natural History Museum Vienna, 1st Zoological Dept., Bird Coll. (curator: Swen Renner)
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Scanned and edited by Anna Haider & Viola Winkler (NHMW)
Scanner: Artec Leo. Infrastructure funded by the FFG.
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