17th Apr, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST

Natural History & Taxidermy

 
  Lot 167
 

167

Skeletons/Anatomy: A Cased Southern Tamandua Anteater Skeleton (Tamandua tetradactyla), 21st century, a complete natural skeletal reconstruction of an adult Southern Tamandua anteater, looking straight ahead in walking pose, the entire skeleton supported upon three brass posts, mounted upon an ebonised base, enclosed beneath a large five-glass table display case, 120cm by 21cm by 35.5cm, furniture item not included

The Southern tamandua, also called the collared anteater or lesser anteater, is a species of anteater from South America and Trinidad in the Caribbean, it is a solitary animal found in many habitats, from mature to highly disturbed secondary forests and arid savannas. It feeds on ants, termites, and bees, its very strong foreclaws can be used to break insect nests or to defend itself

Not for sale to buyers outside the UK

Sold for £1,200
Estimated at £1,200 - £1,800


 

Auction: Natural History & Taxidermy, 17th Apr, 2024

This April, Tennants Auctioneers are delighted to have been instructed to sell the Taxidermy Collection of Colonel Stephenson Robert Clarke, businessman, British Army officer, botanist, naturalist, ornithologist, horticulturist, art collector and landowner. The majority of the 61 lots are specimens taken by Stephenson Clarke on four hunting trips to Africa between 1909 and 1924 and were mounted by the renowned Rowland Ward Ltd of Piccadilly, London. Several of the lots are recorded in Rowland Ward's Records of Big Game (View Press Release). 

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