YPM MAM.001521 Animation, Meerkat (skull)

3D Model

Animation of skull (cranium and mandible) of a Meerkat, Suricata suricatta hahni (male)

Mammalia; Carnivora; Feliformia; Herpestidae; Herpestinae: Suricata suricatta hahni

Catalog number: YPM MAM.001521

Locality: Africa; Namibia; Kehoro-Sud, Sandfield, western Damaraland

Date specimen collected: June 1, 1956

3D Reconstruction performed using AgiSoft MetaShape Professional Version 1.8.3 build 14331 (64 bit). Note: 3D models may contain artifactual photogrammetry reconstruction errors not present on the actual specimen.

576 (cranium) and 576 (mandible) images captured by the Computer Operated Photogrammetric Imaging System (COPIS), a project to design and prototype a modular, multi-view imaging system for museum collections. http://copis3d.org/

Model reconstructed by Jeremy D. Pustilnik, Yale University

Animation by Jeremy D. Pustilnik, Yale University