Hello- after looking through Paolo’s post on cat skulls, I came across this list of identification guides from the US Fisheries and Wildlife Service- some handy things here, on distinguishing bone from ivory, as well as an atlas of images of flight feathers of US birds (maybe also useful for anthropologists). There’s also a really good section on wildlife crime and forensics that might be interesting for educators.

 

http://www.fws.gov/lab/publications.php

 

ID notes are under the section on ‘morphology’. There are lots of references to genetics in relation to specimens in the section on genetics in ‘publications..

 

Best wishes,

Henry

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