Commons:Naturalis Biodiversity Center

Naturalis Biodiversity Center
	Native name	Naturalis Biodiversity Center
	Location	Leiden
	Coordinates	52° 09′ 53″ N, 4° 28′ 24″ E
	Established	2010
	Website	naturalis.nl
	Authority file	: Q641676 VIAF: 132063008 ISNI: 000000012159802X LCCN: n92025427 NLA: 35998347 GND: 5025979-9 WorldCat

institution QS:P195,Q641676

Naturalis Biodiversity Center has donated thousands of images from its natural history collection in 2015 and intends to enlarge this collection on Wikimedia Commons. Further information can be found at the project pages. Uploaded files reside in Category:Media donated by Naturalis Biodiversity Center (276,480 images on January 25, 2016) and in specific collection categories within the Category:Naturalis Leiden.

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Examples:

Kawahara collection (892 watercolours of Japanese flora and fauna, 1823-1829 + 15)

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  Kawahara Keiga: Choerodon azurio (Jordan & Snyder)
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  Kawahara Keiga: Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw & Nodder)
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  Kawahara Keiga: Parasquilla haani
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  Kawahara Keiga: Balistes conspicillum Bloch & Schneider
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  Kawahara Keiga: Vitis spp. - Canavalia gladiata - Zea mays - Citrullus lanatus
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  Kawahara Keiga: Ranina ranina

Icones botanical art collection (1,178 images)

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  Aken, J. van: Aphelandra tetragona
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  Ehret, G.D.: Magnolia altissima
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  Aken, J. van: Pandanus repens
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  Bernecker, A.: Fagraea imperialis Miquel
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  Aken, J. van: Saraca indica Linnaeus

Oudemans collection (1,151 mite coloured microscopic drawings)

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  Neoparasitus oudemansi (Oudemans) - Mites
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  Amblyomma marmoreum (C. L. Koch) - Mites
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  Erythraeus phalangioides (de Geer) - Mites
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  Leptus memorum (C. L. Koch) - Mites
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  Pelops pheonotus - Mites

Bird artworks from the Natuurkundige Commissie voor Nederlandsch-Indië (165 images)

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  Male Aceros cassidix Temminck, 1823
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  Gerard van Raalten: Bird's nest, Gunung Parang, 1827
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  Pieter van Oort: Drawing of a bird head, 1835
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  Pieter van Oort: Female Mino dumontii
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  Pieter van Oort: Podargus papuensis, Lobo, New Guinea, 1828

Threatened and extinct bird videos and photos (1,507 files)

• Psittirostra psittacea (Gmelin, 1789) - Ou, Hawaiian honeycreeper
• Chaunoproctus ferreorostris (Vigors, 1829) - Bonin grosbeak
• Campephilus imperialis (Gould, 1832) - Imperial woodpecker, nearly extinct
• Ara tricolor - extinct parrot
• Conuropsis carolinensis carolinensis (Linnaeus, 1758) - extinct parakeet

Songbird specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center (136,232 images)

See also: Gallery of songbird specimens at Naturalis from the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie.

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  Niltava sumatrana Salvadori, 1879
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  Eurylaimus javanicus harterti van Oort, 1909
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  Chloropsis sonnerati zosterops Vigors & Horsfield, 1830
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  Passer montanus montanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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  Pachycare flavogrisea subaurantia Rothschild & Hartert, 1911
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  Rupicola peruviana subsp.

Mollusc specimens (111,504 images)

See also: Gallery of mollusc specimens at Naturalis from the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie.

See also: Gallery of mollusc specimens at Naturalis from the Zoölogisch Museum Amsterdam.

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  Fissurella picta (Gmelin, 1791)
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  Lorica volvox (Reeve, 1847)
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  Cryptochiton stelleri (von Middendorff, 1847)
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  Lambis truncata truncata (Lightfoot, 1786)
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  Haliotis iris Gmelin, 1791
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  Lentigo lentiginosus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Mammal specimens (21,927 images)

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  Pteropus vampyrus - Bat
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  Carollia perspicillata - Bat
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  Rhinolophus ferrumequinum ferrumequinum - Bat
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  Vulpes vulpes - Fox
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  Mustela nivalis - Least weasel
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  Martes foina foina - Stone marten

Old plant type specimens (1,698 herbarium sheets)

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  Freycinetia kinabaluana B.C.Stone - Pandanaceae
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  Rheum tibeticum Maxim. ex Hook.f. Thell. - Polygonaceae
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  Fucus distichus L. subsp. edentatus (Bach.Pyl.) Powell - Fucaceae
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  Codium cylindricum Holmes - Chlorophyceae
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  Praravinia mindanaensis (Merr.) Bremek. - Rubiaceae

Museum images (198 photographs)

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  15 meters long DNA-model
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  Huge globe
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  Two stuffed lar gibbons (Hylobates lar)
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  Panorama with Pesthuis
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  A model of a eukariote cell

Various images (28 images)

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  Linnaeus in his Lapland costume, holding Linnaea borealis flowers named after him. Martin Hoffman, 1737
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  Gypsum
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  Hall of former Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden with two elephant skeletons
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  Solanum lycopersicum var. lycopersicum - oldest preserved tomato in Europe
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  Raphus cucculatus - Dodo