This is a useful tool to complete the study of animal diversity, remember what you learned in Zoology practical sessions and prepare for the practical exam of the Zoology subjects taught in the Biology and Environmental Sciences degrees at the UGR. The Self-assessment tool will help you check what you know about the taxonomic position of each animal you need to know for the exam. The museum also has a search tool that can guide you to the taxon you are interested in.
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The museum includes 11 animal phyla as in the taxonomic outline of the Zoology course (2nd year Biology). Clicking on each of them displays a taxonomic tree that will help you see the specimens included in certain taxonomic levels and access the desired file. Attention: the taxonomic tree is NOT the same as the taxonomic outline you must learn; it exclusively contains the categories class, order, family, genus and species. The museum files DO contain the same taxonomic levels as the taxonomic outline.
By clicking on any catalogue number you can access the file of each taxon, with several photographs (in nature and in the CHD collection of the Department), as well as information about its taxonomy and biology. From there it is possible to move between files belonging to the same phylum by clicking the buttons Next file or Previous file, or return to the tree at the start of each phylum.
It is recommended to study the files belonging to the same phylum sequentially, without filtering by other categories from the taxonomic tree or the search tool. To continue studying where you left off, you can use the Copy URL option; pasting it in the browser will return you to that same point.
There is a museum search tool where you can access specific files you want to visit.
