Gazelle : The Palestinian Biological Bulletin (ISSN 0178 – 6288) . Number 133, January 2016, pp. 1-29.

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A taxidermied Mediterranean Monk Seal
(Monachus monachus, Hermann 1779) in the
Ernst Schmitz Collection at the Paulus-Haus
Museum – Deutscher Verein vom Heiligen
Lande in Al-Quds (Jerusalem), Occupied
Palestine
By: Prof. Dr. Norman Ali Bassam Ali Taher KhalafSakerfalke von Jaffa
I visited the Paulus-Haus Museum – Deutscher Verein vom Heiligen Lande in
Al-Quds (Jerusalem), Occupied Palestine on Wednesday 23.07.2014.
I saw the exhibited Ernst Schmitz collection of taxidermied animals including the
Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus, Hermann 1779), the Indian
Crested Porcupine (Hystrix indica Kerr, 1792) and the Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus
barbatus Linnaeus, 1758).

The taxidermied Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus, Hermann 1779) at the
Paulus-Haus Museum – Deutscher Verein vom Heiligen Lande in Al-Quds (Jerusalem),
Occupied Palestine. Photo: Prof. Dr. Sc. Norman Ali Bassam Ali Taher Khalaf-von Jaffa.
23.07.2014.
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Gazelle : The Palestinian Biological Bulletin – Number 133 – January 2016