by prachee rajput Zoologist Bhopal, INDIA

1. COLLECTION, PRESERVATION
AND MOUNTING
PRACHEE RAJPUT

2. INTRODUCTION
TAXONOMIC COLLECTION
TYPES OF COLLECTION
METHODS OF COLLECTION
RECODING DATA
CURATION PRESERVATION OF
COLLECTION
RELAXING
MAUNTING
STORAGE
CATALOGUNING
REFERENCES

3. Taxonomy
 The classification of organisms in a hierarchal
system or in taxonomic ranks (eg; domain
,kingdom, phylum ,or class ,genus , species)
based on shared characteristics or on
phylogenetic relationship inferred from the
fossil record or established by genetic analysis

4.  Biological collections are typically preserved
plant or animal specimens along with specimen
documentation such as labels and notation

5.  Dry preservation.
 Wet preservation.
 Biological low-temperature preservation.

6. Dry preservation wet preservation

7.  Museum are only place where extinct species
are preserved.
 Specimens rarely found in any collection.
 Many areas in world are geographically
inaccessible. Material from such area are
invaluable and preserved at all cost.

8. Mist net Attracting Nocturnal
insects with light trap

9.  Malaise traps

10. Insects are collected mainly by beating
and sweeping.

11. Plankton Net Dip Net

12. Trawling and dredging for collecting Deep sea
Animals;

13. Aspirator Berlese funnel

14. killing bottles

15. Geographic locality
Data stage[adult male, female or
immature form]
Altitude or depth
Host
Name of collector

16.  Relaxing chamber and Relaxing beetle in hot
water

17.  Direct pinning
 Double mounting and pointing
 Carding
 Spreading

18.  Goswami.S.C 2004-methedology Of Collection
And Identification..Pp55-67.
 Dalella And Sharma ,Text Book Of Taxonomy
Pp25-48
 Www.Slideshare.Net28/Taxonomy.
 Www.Lorise-convervation.Org/
 Www.Authorstreem.Com/Taxonomy/Science.