What Am I?
Guess the identity of the image. Then find out whether your guess was right.
A new one is added every month.
November 2011
It's a giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) skull from our Mammology Collection.
The Academy's Mammalogy Collection consists of about 22,600 catalogued specimens (approximately 21,500 skeletal specimens, 13,500 associated skins, and 1700 wet-preserved specimens.) Read more about the Mammalogy Collection.
August 2011
Its a bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana).
This photo was taken by the Academys Ned Gilmore in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. Bullfrogs can be found over most of the U.S save for the Rocky Mountains regions in the west. They usually grow to between 3 and 6 inches in length and live as long as 10 years in the wild. They are known to eat any creatures that are smaller than they are, includin: invertebrates, rodents, small turtles, snakes, and even other frogs.
July 2011
It's a zebra longwing (Heliconius charithonia). This butterfly is normally found in southern Florida and Texas, but it will stray as far as the Carolinas and Kansas to the north and south to the Caribbean and South America. It is the state butterfly of Florida.
While most adult butterflies live for only a couple of weeks, those of the zebra longwing may live up to 3 months. The adults feed on pollen as well as nectar, which may explain their longevity.
Photo by Maggie Anton.