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The Comparative Anatomy Notebook
This notebook contains a collection of drawings done at the Galerie de Paléontologie et d’Anatomie comparée, in Paris, between April and June 2012.
The drawings are quick sketches done at the museum, and include mammal skulls of Primates and Rodentia mainly.
The Gallery was created in the late 1880s, and it houses Georges Cuvier’s large collection of specimens of both living and extinct species. The taxonomy used by the museum has changed over the years. The updated names of the species are shown here alongside the drawings.


Complete skeletons of the north african elephant shrew, Petrosaltator rozeti (left), and the Angolan talapoin, Miopithecus talapoin (right).
Mammal skeletones compared

Pongo pygmaeus, Pan troglodytes, Gorilla gorilla, Nasalis larvatus & Trachypithecus maurus, Mandrillus sphinx, Semnopithecus nemoeus, Indri indri, Pongo pygmaeus.
Primates anatomy

Erythrocebus patas, Macaca fascicularis & Cercopithecus mona, Pongo pygmaeus (young), Gorilla gorilla, Ateles geoffroyi sp. vellerosus & Macaca Radiata, Macaca fascicularis, Mandrillus leucophaeus & Mandrillus sphinx, Theropithecus gelada.
Primates anatomy

Macaca sylvanus, Lophocebus albigena, Mandrillus sphinx, Nomascus leucogenys, Miopithecus talapoin & Sapajus apella, Erythrocebus patas pyrrhonotus & Chlorocebus sabaeus, Alouatta seniculus & Alouatta pigra, Choeropithecus sphynx?
Primates anatomy

Saguinus midas & Saguinus fuscicollis nigrifrons & Callicebus torquatus, Chiropotes satanas & Chlorocebus sabaeus, Semnopithecus schistaceus & Nasalis larvatus, Rhinopithecus roxellana, Erythrocebus patas & Chlorocebus sabaeus, Macaca sinica, Homo sapiens sapiens, Homo sapiens sapiens (young) & Pan troglodytes (young).
Primates anatomy

Macaca radiata & Eulemur mongoz, Hapalemur griseus & Varecia rubra, Saguinus midas & Avahi laniger, Eulemur mongoz & Perodicticus potto & Cheirogaleus major, Indri indri & Nycticebus coucang, Nycticebus javanicus & Galagidae sp.? & Macaca fascicularis philippinensis, Daubentonia madagascariensis & Galagidae sp., Pteropus medius & Pteropus sp.? & Acerodon jubatus.
Primates anatomy

Pteropus niger & Pteropus griseus, Cynonycteris straminea & Rhinolophus ferrumequinum & Vespertilio murinus & Aeorestes cinereus & Lasiurus borealis, Tadarida teniotis & Pipistrellus pipistrellus & Lasiurus borealis & Taphozous perforatus & Eptesicus bottae & Myotis lucifugus, Thoopterus nigrescens & Plecotus auritus & Talpa europaea & Scalopus aquaticus & Galemys pyrenaicus, Mogera wogura & Galemys pyrenaicus & Desmana moschata & Potamogale velox, Tenrec ecaudatus & Hemicentetes semispinosus, Elephantulus rozeti & Tupaia ferruginea & Hemiechinus auritus, Erinaceus europaeus & Rhynchocyon cirnei.
Primates anatomy

Cynocephalus volans & Solenodon paradoxus, Trinomys Myosuros & Sorex araneus & Suncus murinus, Sciurus spadiceus & Pteromys sp., Sciurus carolinensis & Ratufa macroura, Marmota monax & Marmota sp., Petaurista petaurista & Ratufa indica & Sciurus vulgaris.
Primates anatomy