Ezra Taft Benson Life Sciences Building, Room 225

Monday- Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Group tours arranged through University Relations

Background

Built in 1984, the Wildlife Museum hosts a variety of taxidermy displays. Many of the exhibits are on loan from the Monte L. Bean Museum at Brigham Young University.

 

Come explore animals and all their varieties: the claws of the cougars and the webbed feet of the swan, the sleekness of a snail and the rough hide of an African warthog, the massiveness of a North American bison and the meekness of a kangaroo rat. 

 

While many animals become camouflaged into their natural habitat, they come out of hiding in the Wildlife Museum. Plan a visit to a perfect place for getting up close to animals from around the globe.

Africa

You have read about them in books and seen them in animations and movies, but now is a time to really get to know the animals of Africa. Included in the display are a white rhino, leopard, cape buffalo, lion, wildebeest, zebra, and warthog. All animals on the African wall were donated by Jerry Carter.

North America

Many of the displays from North America belong to the deer family. The wall display includes antelope & prong horn, caribou, elk, and stone sheep. Other North American animals include badgers, polar bear, grizzly bear, black bear (with brown fur), river otter, mountain lion (cougar), lynx, weasel, wolverine, and bison.

Fowls of a Feather

Capture a bird in flight, count the feathers, come to appreciate even more the details of creation. Fowl displays include a capercaillie, red-tailed hawk, sea ducks (shown to left), common golden eye,  swan, elephant bird, owl, and more.

Eyes on the Details

We glance, we look, we see and gain more understanding. Displays in the Wildlfe Museum have tutorial fact sheets, but the curious will ask their own questions and use their own eyes to build upon the foundation of learning.

New Acquisitions 

The Wildlife Museum at BYU-Idaho has recently acquired new specimens to help with science courses. These include: an African elephant skull; a museum quality cast of a whole Mastodon skull, including its bottom jaw and tusks; and other teeth and skulls from relative elephants. The skulls will be available for display to the public in spring 2009.