Species identification topic

Irish setter?

Thank you Alain, that's what I think too but I want to be sure, I'm a nut about dogs breeds. 

I think you can go confidently for an Irish red setter as suggested by Alain. This series always have figures leaner than the real animals. Surely there are other similar setters and we have dog experts on forum but I am convinced it is a red setter.

Ok I will do it  Thank you both

Yes,agree an Irish Red Setter.

And what a beautiful model of setter this is. What is the brand if it Kiki please ?
It is the first time i see it and I love it.

It was made by Marx Ltd for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, this company made a series of educational figurines in the 60's and early 80's.

Thank you very much for the info.
I am in love with this model

Who knows this cat from Schleich?.. I don't find him in any catalog of the brand..

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I think it is the Siamese cat which was released after a collector's voting.
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OK thank you Rogério! :)

I have started an attempt to ID the small PV shells (the black cowrie will be sent later). Here is what I have come up with so far. Comments, corrections, etc. welcome:

Mini PV shells, left to right, top to bottom:

1. purple drupe, Drupa morum
2. Gyrineum perca
3. Nerita exuvia
4. perspective sundail shell, Architectonica perspectiva
5. hailstorm prickly-winkle, Tectarius grandinatus
6. dusky cone shell, Conasprella stearnsii
7. black-striped triton, Septa hepatica
8. variable conch, Dolomena variabilis
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10. Cancilla heinickei
11. sieve cowrie, Cribrarula cribraria
12. daybreak cowrie, Palmadusta diluculum (not shown)

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Number 3 could be this?

Thanks all

I made some of the recommendations by Pardofelis. I am sticking with Dolomena variabilis for number 7 (if you saw the underside, it is a better match)

As far as the 'existence' of those generic names, those are based on the WoRMS database, which is up-to-date on marine life nomenclature and considered the standard.

I don't think 3 is a Nerita, not enough coils and too flat on the 'coiled' side. It looks closer to Crepidula but I can't find a good match.

EDIT: I think it is a Nerita, but going with N. exuvia

That is so interesting to me! Until George pointed it out I would not have associated that model with a zebra nerite, and I have TWO of them cleaning my betta tanks! That is sort of fun, now I have a model of my "pet" snails. :)

Good one Blaine, indeed your Nerita exuvia is a better match (tough still not 100% match) than my initial Nerita tessellata suggestion.

With regards to Schleich's fruit bat: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

was it marketed as a grey-headed flying fox? Or is that a community-based ID. I thought I remember somewhere that Schleich marketed it at the species level but I can't remember.

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With regards to Schleich's fruit bat: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

was it marketed as a grey-headed flying fox? Or is that a community-based ID. I thought I remember somewhere that Schleich marketed it at the species level but I can't remember.

There was a huge discussion around it so I believe it was not marketed to the species level. Though, I don't know why it was identified as an Australian species since 2014 and 2015 catalogues show it with African animals. Thus, it is probably (Pteropus rodricensis) instead of "Pteropus poliocephalus".

Roger wrote:

bmathison1972 wrote:

With regards to Schleich's fruit bat: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

was it marketed as a grey-headed flying fox? Or is that a community-based ID. I thought I remember somewhere that Schleich marketed it at the species level but I can't remember.

There was a huge discussion around it so I believe it was not marketed to the species level. Though, I don't know why it was identified as an Australian species since 2014 and 2015 catalogues show it with African animals. Thus, it is probably (Pteropus rodricensis) instead of "Pteropus poliocephalus".

Unfortunately, [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] supports an official identification of the Schleich model as a grey-headed fox since we've found its scientific name on the official website. The link is not available anymore since the figure was retired a few years ago.

Roger wrote:

Roger wrote:

bmathison1972 wrote:

With regards to Schleich's fruit bat: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

was it marketed as a grey-headed flying fox? Or is that a community-based ID. I thought I remember somewhere that Schleich marketed it at the species level but I can't remember.

There was a huge discussion around it so I believe it was not marketed to the species level. Though, I don't know why it was identified as an Australian species since 2014 and 2015 catalogues show it with African animals. Thus, it is probably (Pteropus rodricensis) instead of "Pteropus poliocephalus".

Unfortunately, [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] supports an official identification of the Schleich model as a grey-headed fox since we've found its scientific name on the official website. The link is not available anymore since the figure was retired a few years ago.

Interesting. Was it initially listed as part of the 'Asia and Australia' line and then later put in 'Africa'?

bmathison1972 wrote:

Roger wrote:

Roger wrote:

bmathison1972 wrote:

With regards to Schleich's fruit bat: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

was it marketed as a grey-headed flying fox? Or is that a community-based ID. I thought I remember somewhere that Schleich marketed it at the species level but I can't remember.

There was a huge discussion around it so I believe it was not marketed to the species level. Though, I don't know why it was identified as an Australian species since 2014 and 2015 catalogues show it with African animals. Thus, it is probably (Pteropus rodricensis) instead of "Pteropus poliocephalus".

Unfortunately, [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] supports an official identification of the Schleich model as a grey-headed fox since we've found its scientific name on the official website. The link is not available anymore since the figure was retired a few years ago.

Interesting. Was it initially listed as part of the 'Asia and Australia' line and then later put in 'Africa'?

I don't know where they put it in their website but revisiting catalogues, it is in Africa. Even the tortoises which we identify as Aldabra are together what supports the African conspiracy. Though, I can't find the model on 2016 catalogue. If you want, you can try to find it here.

What do you think?

Could it be a brown meagre or other kind of a croaker fish

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Is that a longnose velvet dogfish?



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And what fish is that?

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to stare at one another!


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 just marked "made in China"



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no mark at all


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from Toy Major


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  just marked "China"

 are these cats cheetas or leopards?..

I would say cheetahs, except the second (no mark) might be considered leopards