taxidermy
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Taxidermy is the practice of preserving and mounting animal skins to create lifelike displays of dead animals. It matters because it allows museums and galleries to preserve specimens for education and public viewing, helping people learn about wildlife and natural history.
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- History
- Tanning and early stuffing techniques
- Taxidermy as art
- Anthropomorphic taxidermy
- 20th century
- Rogue taxidermy
- Methods
- Traditional skin-mount
- Freeze-dried mount
- Reproduction mount
- Re-creation mount
- Study skins
- Taxidermists
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|right|250px|Primate and pachyderm taxidermy at the [[Rahmat International Wildlife Museum & Gallery, Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia]]
Taxidermy is the art of preserving an animal's body by mounting (over an armature) or stuffing, for the purpose of display or study. Animals are often, but not always, portrayed in a lifelike state. The word taxidermy describes the process of preserving the animal, but the word is also used to describe the end product, which are called taxidermy mounts or referred to simply as "taxidermy".