Osteology Portfolio

Paul B. Nader, D.V.M.

Sperm whale, adult, female, length = 10.8 meters, age ~ 41 years;
Location: North Carolina State University – College of Veterinary Medicine, Raleigh, N.C., Collected: August 1986;
Cleaned, degreased, articulated: Sept. 1986 to July 1988
Completion date: August 1988

Right whale, adult, male, length = 13.6 meters,
Location: N.C. State Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, North Carolina, Collected: 1874 – 1880;
Repaired and Rearticulated: Nov. 1997
Completion date: May 1999

Sperm whale, young adult, male, length = 16.9 meters;
Location: N.C. State Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, North Carolina, Collected: April 1928;
Repair & Rearticulation: Aug. 1997.
Completion date: May 1999

Humpback whale, juvenile, male, length = 8.6 meters;
Location: N.C. State Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, North Carolina, Collected: March 1997
Completion date: May 1999

Sperm whale skeleton; juvenile, bull, total length = 10.9 meters, age ~ 15 yrs. Location: North Carolina Maritime Museum @ Beaufort, North Carolina; Completion date: © March 2012

Harbor porpoise, adult
Location: North Carolina State University – College of Veterinary Medicine, Raleigh, N.C., Collected: August 1982;
Cleaned, degreased, articulated: Jul. 1986
Completion date: © Dec. 1986

Bowhead whale skull, adult, female, total length = 16 meters,
Location: North Slope Borough, UIC-NARL; Utquiagvik, Alaska, Completion date: © 1995

Beluga whale, adult, female; length = 3.54 m. (11.5’)
Location: Community Library, Point Lay, Alaska; Collected July 1991; Completed Oct. 1993

Ringed seal skeleton, adult, male
Location: Inupiat Heritage Center, Barrow, Alaska
Completion Date: © 1994

Barren-ground caribou skeleton, adult, male
Location: Inupiat Heritage Center, Barrow, Alaska
Completion Date: © 1994

Llama skeleton, adult, male
Location: North Carolina State University – College of Veterinary Medicine, Raleigh, N.C.
Completion Date: © Summer 1988

Ostrich skeleton, juvenile, male
Location: North Carolina State University- College of Veterinary Medicine, Raleigh, N.C.
Completion Date: © Summer 1988

Domestic turkey skeleton:
Location: North Carolina State University- College of Veterinary Medicine, Raleigh, N.C.
Completion Date: © Summer 1985

Jackass Penguin (Spheniscus demersus)
Location: Maryland Zoological Park at Baltimore
Completion Date: © Fall 1991

Jackass Penguin (Spheniscus demersus)
Location: Maryland Zoological Park at Baltimore
Completion Date: © Fall 1991
Digital images: © Dec. 2022

Shetland pony, adult, gelding,
Location: Lincoln Memorial University – College of Veterinary Medicine Anatomy Lab Completion Date: © January 2018

Domestic dog, adult, intact male,
Location: Lincoln Memorial University – College of Veterinary Medicine Anatomy Lab Completion Date: © September 2023