Prairie Dog

3D Model

Micro CT scan of a mounted prairie dog specimen from the D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum at the University of Dundee. This model shows the skull and wireframe skeleton inside the stuffed body.

Cynomys ludovicianus - Black-tailed Prairie Dog Height: 27cm DUNUC 2091

Scanned with a Nikon XT H 225ST micro CT scanner. The resulting file is exported as an stl. and imported in to Zbrush. Texture is added from photographs using the Spotlight function and Polypainting.

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