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Bradypus tridactylus
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Object number RCSHC/3480
Collection Hunterian
Category Wet preparations
Taxon Bradypus tridactylus
MeSH Term Fetus
Hunterian Class Products of generation - Mammals
Object Type Mounted wet tissue
A foetal sloth towards the end of its gestation.
The body is hairless with its form resembling that of the adult. The rudiment of the thumb can be seen.
Preparator Hunter, John, 1728-1793, surgeon, anatomist, London
Production date 1760 - 1793 (Made by or for John Hunter)
Owner/user Hunter, John, 1728-1793, surgeon, anatomist (before 1793)
Presented Trustees of the Hunterian Collection (1799)

Physical Location
Location in museum Crystal Gallery, Bay 28, Shelf 2

Physical Information
Physical description Wet preparation of tissue mounted in a circular glass jar with a glass lid.
Glass (material)
Dimensions
  • whole - height: 180mm
  • whole - diameter: 84mm
  • whole - weight: 1102g
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    Inscription content Bradypus tridactylus

    Bibliography
    Source Dobson 1970-71
    Transcript 3480: A foetal Sloth (Bradypus tridactylus) at the latter period of uterine gestation. The pectoral situation of the mammae and the rudiment of a thumb, deserve notice in this preparation. The body is hairless, but upon the lips and chin are a number of short papilliform processes. The foetus resembles the adult in the length and slenderness of the neck and in the great disproportion in length of the fore and hind limbs.