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LISBON possesses a remarkable natural history collection which is at present in process of transference to the new Polytechnic School buildings, which are only just completed This institution is of imposing dimensions, built in the form of a square, with a quadrangular garden in the centre, and contain spacious and well-lighted laboratories, lecture rooms, and galleries for museum purposes. On the ground floor is a mineralogical and palæontological collection, and over this is the natural history series, which is contained in four fine rooms, one of which is devoted entirely to the African fauna, in which the museum is particularly rich. In all the rooms table cases are placed down the central line containing the collection of shells, which is very fine and well arranged, whilst upright cases are ranged along the walls and are filled with stuffed Mammalia, and birds, and variously preserved reptiles and fish. Amongst the Mammalia are two manatees, a fine specimen of the Aye-Aye, Cheiromys, and talso one of the curious little otter-like animals from Africa, Potamogale velox, which has its tail flattened out into a vertical rudder. These are mentioned as rarities. The series is large and especially good in insectivora, moles, shrews, &c.
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MOSELEY, H. Notes on Zoology and Botany in Lisbon . Nature 7, 229–230 (1873). https://doi.org/10.1038/007229b0
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