Great White Sharks Preserved in European Museums - De Maddalena, Alessandro (Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2007)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; THE AUTHOR; AN OUTLINE OF BIOLOGY, ETHOLOGY AND ECOLOGY; THE STUDY OF WHITE SHARKS PRESERVED IN MUSEUMS; EUROPEAN MUSEUMS THAT OWN GREAT WHITE SHARKS; LIST OF SPECIMENS PRESERVED IN EUROPEAN MUSEUMS; PRESERVING GREAT WHITE SHARKS; SPECIMENS OF PARTICULAR INTEREST; CONCLUSIONS; BIBLIOGRAPHY.
The Author has condensed virtually everything that is known about the great white sharks that are preserved in European museums in this book. Available data of 105 great white sharks from 45 institutions is presented herein. Most material consists of taxidermied specimens and jaws. Most specimens with known capture locations come from the Mediterranean Sea. The majority of specimens are very old. The jaws belonging to the Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan, dated from at least 1640-1660, are the ..
Includes bibliographical references (p. [95]-103)