Mathison Museum of Natural History

not the best model but beautiful display!

Species: Pulex irritans Linnaeus, 1758 (human flea)

About the Figure:
Manufacturer: Kaiyodo
Series: Capsule Q Museum - Sanitary Insect Pest Exhibition
Year of Release: 2015
Size/Scale: Body length 4.2 cm for a scale of 21:1-12:1
Frequency of species in toy/figure form (at time of posting): Unique
Miscellaneous Notes: No assembly required. The figure comes with an acrylic base to which it attached with a thin, acrylic rod; the figure is removeable from its base, but will not stand without it.

About the Animal:
Geographic distribution: Cosmopolitan
Habitat: Larvae live in the environment, usually in close proximity to the host; adults are obligate ectoparasites on the skin of the host.
Diet: Larvae feed on organic material, including feces of adult fleas and host animal; adults take blood from mammals and birds
IUCN Status (at time of posting): Not Evaluated
Miscellaneous Notes: Pulex irritans is believed to have originated in Central or South America; its original hosts may have been cavimorph rodents. Despite its common name 'human' flea, it feeds on a variety of warm-blooded animals. It is not an efficient vector for bloodborne diseases but can transmit some tapeworms, notably Dipylidium caninum and Hymenolepis spp., if ingested.

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congrats for this unique model and for display!

Nothing makes your skin crawl like a parasite... Great model!

How lucky that it is only a PVC figure

This is such a realistic model, wow!
The perfect photo for it too!

Species: Buteo jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1788) (red-tailed hawk)

About the Figure:
Manufacturer: Safari Ltd.
Series: Wings of the World
Year of Release: 2017
Size/Scale: Wingspan 14.3 cm for a scale of 1:7-1:10
Frequency of species in toy/figure form (at time of posting): Very rare
Miscellaneous Notes: This figure appears to be painted after a light juvenile specimen of the western subspecies, B. j. calurus.

About the Animal:
Geographic distribution: North and Central America
Habitat: Forests, rainforests, scrub desert, plains, montane grasslands, agricultural fields, parks, residential areas; often in open areas with suitable high perches
Diet: Small mammals, birds, reptiles
IUCN Status (at time of posting): Least Concern
Miscellaneous Notes: Buteo jamaicensis is monogamous and paired couples will stay together for many years. Nests are usually built 4-21 meters off the ground, in trees, cliff edges, and artificial structures. Females lay 1-5 eggs in the spring. Both parents will incubate the eggs, but generally the female spends more time incubating while the male collects food for the female, and eventually the chicks. Chicks spend about 42-46 days in the nest and the fledgling period lasts about 10 weeks, while they learn to fly and hunt.

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Wonderful model and dispalay!

Wonderful bird

bmathison1972 wrote:

Duck-Anch-Amun wrote:

Is it just me or why have the previous pages all disappeared? It´s showing me page 5

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - When a thread reaches a certain number of posts, it starts a new thread. The old posts are still in the 'Collections' board, you will just have to scroll down to find them. Here is the link:

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Thanks, I didn´t know that. I don´t like this method, but every forum has other functions. But I´m happy, that your posts still exists, as this thread is one that I don´t want to miss!

Thanks Duck-Anch-Amun. Yes, it's a weird format.

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Species: †Thylacinus cyanocephalus (Harris, 1808) (thylacine; Tasmanian tiger)

About the Figure:
Manufacturer: Southlands Replicas
Series: Australian Animals
Year of Release: 2016
Size/Scale: Figure 11.5 cm long. Height at shoulder 4.2 cm for a scale of 1:8.3-1:14
Frequency of species in toy/figure form (at time of posting): Uncommon
Miscellaneous Notes: I almost went with the Mojö Fun figure, since it is one of the few figures of this species that doesn't have the mouth gaping open so wide. In the end, however, I went with the Southlands Replicas figure since, with few exceptions, I go with their representative of a given species.

About the Animal:
Geographic distribution: Australia, Papua New Guinea, Tasmania
Habitat: Woodlands, dry Eucalyptus forests, wetlands, grasslands, coastal heath
Diet: Other animals, primarily marsupials and birds
IUCN Status (at time of posting): Extinct
Miscellaneous Notes: The last known thylacine in the wild was killed in 1930; the last captive specimen died in 1936. There have been over 200 reported sightings of T. cyanocephalus since 1936, although none have been substantiated. It has also been suggested that T. cyanocephalus survived until the 1980s and that the window of extinction, assuming it really is extinct, was in the late 1990s and 2000s.

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Very interesting model and beautiful display!

A beautiful thylacine! And a handsome hawk as well. :)

Marvellous thylacine photo. It is cool.

Species: Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764) (danaid eggfly; mimic; diadem)

About the Figure:
Manufacturer: Land & Sea Collectibles
Series: Nature Series
Year of Release: unknown
Size/Scale: Wingspan 3.7 cm for a scale of 1:1.5-1:2.4
Frequency of species in toy/figure form (at time of posting): Unique
Miscellaneous Notes: Land & Sea Collectibles are resin (or some other non-PVC material) figurines that are designed primarily as accessories in the fairy garden hobby. The butterflies are not identified to the species level, and the identification here is my own. The figures I have seen to date all appear to be painted after actual species, although the ventral side is not realistic, and merely painted the same as the dorsal side.

About the Animal:
Geographic distribution: Africa, Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Australia, and the Caribbean, with strays reaching Central and South America and Southeastern USA; its presence in the Americas may be due to human introduction.
Habitat: Rainforests, Acacia scrub, deserts, vegetated beaches, disturbed areas, gardens
Diet: Larvae have a broad host range, including several plants in the families Portulacaceae, Acanthaceae, Amaranthaceae, Convolvoluceae, and Malvaceae; adults take nectar from flowers
IUCN Status (at time of posting): Least Concern
Miscellaneous Notes: Hypolimnas misippus is sexually dimorphic. Dorsally, males (as shown here) are brown-black with white maculae. The females however are mimics of the danaine Danaus chrysippus (plain tiger, African monarch) where their distributions overlap.

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very beautiful diplay!

Is it PVC? A interesting brand

widukind wrote:

Is it PVC? A interesting brand

No, as stated above it is resin or similar (but just as good as PVC).

Species: †Triarthrus sp.

About the Figure:
Manufacturer: Kaiyodo
Series: Capsule Q Museum - Encyclopedia of the Paleozoic
Year of Release: 2015
Size/Scale: Body length 4.3 cm, within scale 1:1
Frequency of species in toy/figure form (at time of posting): Very rare (unique as a sculpt, see below)
Miscellaneous Notes: Minimal assembly required. The figure comes with a flat base on which it loosely sits; the base displays the animal's Japanese and Latin names. This figure is essentially a revamped version of the original Dinotales figure from 2002. Loyalists will say it is a brand new sculpt, but it is not. They may have refined some of the edges and of course the paint is different, but the Dinotales figure was the basis for this one.

About the Animal:
Geographic distribution: Upper Ordovician of present-day eastern North America, China, and Scandinavia
Habitat: Benthic
Diet: Presumed soft-bodied invertebrates and/or scavengers or filter-feeder
IUCN Status (at time of posting): N/A [prehistoric]
Miscellaneous Notes: Specimens of T. eatoni in the Beecher's Trilobite Bed in New York are excellently preserved in iron pyrite. Specimens in iron pyrite have their gills, legs, antennae, and digestive systems well-preserved, which give paleontologists key insight into the anatomy and physiology of trilobites. These specimens also allow for a plausible reconstruction of its life history, as exuviae of immatures have also been discovered.

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bmathison1972 wrote:

widukind wrote:

Is it PVC? A interesting brand

No, as stated above it is resin or similar (but just as good as PVC).

The quality absolutly. But if i start a resin collection too i need a new flat

Nice figure again

Thanks for sharing this detailed figure.