Mathison Museum of Natural History

[bmathison1972]

Species: †Monolophosaurus jiangi Zhao & Currie, 1993

About the Figure:
Manufacturer: Safari Ltd.
Series: Wild Safari Prehistoric World
Year of Production: 2014
Size/Scale: Figure length approximately 19.5 cm. Skull approximately 3.0 cm for a scale of 1:27 based on the holotype IVPP 84019.
Frequency of species in toy/figure form (at time of posting): Rare
Miscellaneous Notes: My figure has lost stability in the ~2 years (or less) since I have acquired it; not sure if this is a common phenomenon with this model or not.

About the Animal:
Geographic distribution: Middle Jurassic (Callovian) of present-day China
Habitat: Coniferous mesic forest, alluvial plains, marshland
Diet: Predator on other vertebrate animals, including sauropods
IUCN Status (at time of posting): N/A [prehistoric]
Miscellaneous Notes: Monolophosaurus jiangi is known from a single, nearly complete specimen. Its generic name translates to 'single-crested lizard' for said single crest that runs about 3/4 of the length of the skull, from the front of the nose to the base of the eye sockets. The function of the crest is not known, but because it contained large air chambers, it may have functioned as a resonating chamber to amplify vocalizations. In life, the crest may have been brightly colored, and with bright colors in combination with vocalizations, may have been used for sexual communication or selection. It has also been suggested that the crest was hollow for nothing more than making the skull lighter, so the animal would have more maneuverability with its head.

[sbell]

The Gulf Coast Fish set is my favorite of the Factory's sets. Any word from Toy Fish Factory on if they're going to continue making any new sets? I remember before he was on Amazon he had his own website with some plans for future sets listed, but it's been so long that I figured something happened and he wasn't able to produce on the scale he had wanted.

Not sure; @sbell would probably know if TFF was up to anything new

I would say the line is effectively dead. Nothing new in four years, no longer answers emails, website gone and only available on Amazon.

There were some marketing mistakes that I tried to offer advice around in the very beginning, but he wouldn't listen. So once again, we had lists of amazing things that will never happen.

Kind of like his original Replica Toy Fish series (although we got a broader range of figures there)

[bmathison1972]

Species: Amazona viridigenalis (Cassin, 1853)
Common name(s): red-crowned Amazon; red-crowned parrot; green-cheeked Amazon; Mexican red-headed parrot

About the Figure:
Manufacturer: Safari Ltd.
Series: Wings of the World
Year of Production: 2005
Size/Scale: Body length approximately 6.5 cm for a scale of 1:4.3-1:5
Frequency of species in toy/figure form (at time of posting): Very rare
Miscellaneous Notes: The only other figure of this species I am aware of is by AAA. Safari Ltd. produced a 'green parrot' in their Exotic Birds TOOB, but I don't think it was intended to represent this species.

About the Animal:
Geographic distribution: Northeastern Mexico and southern Texas (Rio Grande Valley); naturalized in southern California, Florida, Hawaii (Oahu), Puerto Rico
Habitat: Open deciduous and mixed woodlands, patchy woodlands, gallery forests, arid lowlands; suburban areas where naturalized
Diet: Seeds, fruit, flowers, nectar
IUCN Status (at time of posting): Endangered
Miscellaneous Notes: Escapees of A. viridigenalis have resulted in established feral breeding populations in southern California (especially the Los Angeles area, including the San Gabriel Valley, and the San Diego area), Florida, Hawaii (Oahu), and Puerto Rico. However, escapees have been documented in other parts of the United States. The Los Angeles area is considered a sanctuary for these parrots, where the population is estimated at 3,000 birds. It has believed there are more birds present in the Los Angeles area than there are in the bird's native range in northeastern Mexico, where it is currently classified by the IUCN as Endangered.

[bmathison1972]

Species: Siderone galanthis (Cramer, 1775)
Common name(s): scarlet leafwing; red-striped leafwing

About the Figure:
Manufacturer: Safari Ltd.
Series: Authentics Butterflies
Year of Production: 1997
Size/Scale: Wingspan 5.5 cm for a scale of 1:1.5-1:2
Frequency of species in toy/figure form (at time of posting): Very rare
Miscellaneous Notes: Safari Ltd. would later make this same species for the Butterflies of the World Collectors Case in 2001, although today's Authetics figure has a more accurate shape to its wings. If I remember correctly, the Collectors Case figure was marketed as S. nemesis and from what I can tell, that name is now generally considered a synonym or subspecies of S. galanthis.

About the Animal:
Geographic distribution: Central and South America, from Mexico to southern Brazil, and the Caribbean
Habitat: Tropical and subtropical lowland deciduous and evergreen forests, often in the margins and adjacent open areas
Diet: Larvae feed on plants in the family Salicaceae, including Casearia and Zuelania; adults feed on overripe fruit and nutrients derived from moist soil.
IUCN Status (at time of posting): Not Evaluated
Miscellaneous Notes: While Siderone galanthis has the upperside of its wings brightly colored with contrasting red and black, the underside of its wings resemble dead leaves. This is an example of 'now you see me, now you don't' as a way of confusing would-be predators, such as birds. When seen in flight in bright sunlight, the butterfly would be highly visible to predatory birds, but if pursued the butterfly would immediately land, snapping its wings shut so that only the 'dead-leaf' underside was visible. The bird would still keep searching for a bright red butterfly, but somber underside confuses the bird and keeps the butterfly hidden.

[bmathison1972]

Species: Tylobolus utahensis Chamberlin, 1925

About the Figure:
Manufacturer: Schleich
Series: Death Valley Set
Year of Production: 2015
Size/Scale: Body length approximately 6.7 cm, within scale 1:1
Frequency of species in toy/figure form (at time of posting): Unique
Miscellaneous Notes: Schleich did not market this figure at the species level and the identification is mine. My rationale is that T. utahensis is a prominent spirbolid millipede that occurs in Death Valley (see also below), and the overall morphology of the figure supports something in Spirobolida. This is the only figure in the Death Valley set I retained, only because millipedes are so very rare as toys and figures (and it's not a band rendition, either!).

About the Animal:
Geographic distribution: Mohave Desert, USA; from Inyo Co., California to Zion National Park in Utah and northern Arizona
Habitat: Deserts, desert washes, rocky foothills
Diet: Decaying organic material
IUCN Status (at time of posting): Not Evaluated
Miscellaneous Notes: Tylobolus utahensis is endemic to the Mohave Desert of the American Southwest. A 2000 publication by North American millipede specialist Rowland Shelley indicates T. utahensis is one of two species of millipedes known to occur in Death Valley (at the time), the other being Piedolus utus.

[bmathison1972]

Species: Geochelone platynota (Blyth, 1863)
Common name(s): Burmese star tortoise

About the Figure:
Manufacturer: Yowie Group
Series: Wildlife Conservation Series
Year of Production: 2018
Size/Scale: Carapace length approximately 4.0 cm for a scale of 1:6.3-1:8 depending on sex (see below)
Frequency of species in toy/figure form (at time of posting): Unique
Miscellaneous Notes: The scale of this figure would come to 1:6.3 for a large male or 1:8 for a large female.

About the Animal:
Geographic distribution: Myanmar
Habitat: Dry deciduous forest, dry scrubland, scrub bamboo forest, grasslands
Diet: Primarily grasses, flowers, fruits, seeds; rarely invertebrates, carrion
IUCN Status (at time of posting): Critically Endangered
Miscellaneous Notes: The historic range of G. platynota was throughout the Dry Zone of Central Myanmar. Today, it's restricted to wildlife sanctuaries in Central Myanmar. Threats to the tortoise include habitat destruction, capture for the exotic pet trade, and hunting for food by the indigenous Burmese people. Conservation efforts are in place and through captive breeding programs, as of 2017 over 1,000 tortoises have been reintroduced into the wild.

[bmathison1972]

Species: Megasoma mars (Reiche, 1852)
Common name(s): Mars rhino beetle

About the Figure:
Manufacturer: DeAgostini
Series: World Insect Data Book
Year of Production: unknown
Size/Scale: Body length of male (including cephalic horn) approximately 11.5 cm. Body length of female approximately 7.3 cm. Both figures within scale 1:1
Frequency of species in toy/figure form (at time of posting): Uncommon to rare
Miscellaneous Notes: This is second time we've seen M. mars in the Museum. The DeAgostini insects are cast from actual specimens and are therefore all in the 1:1 range. The figures were sold as premiums with books and come in a plastic display box with their Latin and Japanese names. I am not sure what year the figures were released, and it is possible they were released over multiple years. The original set from Japan consisted of 60 species (59 male Scarabaeoidea and one dragonfly), plus four 'secret' figures representing females of select scarab males (as seen today). When the set was released in Italy, three of the standard set were replaced with other species, including a leaf insect. Between the two releases and secrets, I think there are 67 figures total representing 63 species. The figures are secured to the base of the box with a small screw, but can be safely removed if one choses to display them outside of the box.

About the Animal:
Geographic distribution: South America; primarily the west-central Amazon Basin of Brazil and Colombia, but also Paraguay, Uruguay, and Peru
Habitat: Rainforest
Diet: Larvae feed on decaying wood and leaves; adults feed on tree sap and overripe fruit
IUCN Status (at time of posting): Not Evaluated
Miscellaneous Notes: Like many other large dynastine scarab beetles, M. mars exhibits marked sexual dimorphism. Males have diverging horns on a smooth pronotum and an elongated cephalic horn. Females lack horns and have a rugose pronotum; and while females lack horns, they are still large beetles and often rival their male counterparts in mass and weight.

[bmathison1972]

Species: Deinacrida sp.
Common name(s): giant wētā

About the Figure:
Manufacturer: Stuart Sales & Services
Series: New Zealand Wildlife Collection; NZ Wildlife Figures Pack
Years of Production: 2007; 2018
Size/Scale: Body length of larger figure (exclusive of appendages) approximately 5.0 cm for a scale of 2:1-1:2.2 depending on the species; body length of smaller figure (exclusive of appendages) approximately 4.0 cm for a scale of 1.6:1-1:2.3 depending on the species. Both figures fall within 1:1 for several species.
Frequency of species in toy/figure form (at time of posting): Very rare
Miscellaneous Notes: The larger figure on the left was a stand-alone model that was sold as a part of the New Zealand Wildlife Collection by Stuart Sales & Services (SSS) in 2007 (for years it was misunderstood that these were produced by Science & Nature). The smaller figure on the right was released in 2018 as part of the NZ Wildlife Figures Pack, which contained six tube-sized animals.

About the Animal:
Geographic distribution: New Zealand
Habitat: Variable depending on species, including alpine mountains, rocky bluffs, forests and forest margins, shrubland, grassland; may be terrestrial, semi-arboreal, or boreal
Diet: Vegetation; females sometimes feed on dead insects for extra protein during the breeding season
IUCN Status (at time of posting): Variable, depending on the species; many species are classified based on the New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZ TCS) rather than the IUCN. Regardless of the system, most species are classified with some degree of endangerment and all but one species are protected by law.
Miscellaneous Notes: There are 11 species of giant wētā, distributed on various New Zealand Islands. Those species and their islands include: D. carinata (Herekopare, Kundy, Tihaka, Whenua Hou); D. connectens (South Island); D. elegans (South Island); D. fallai (Poor Knights Islands); D. heteracantha (Little Barrier Island); D. mahoenui (Mahoenui); D. parva (South Island); D. pluvialis (South Island); D. rugosa (Stephens, Maud, Matiu, Mana); D. talpa (South Island); D. tibiospina (South Island).

[bmathison1972]

Species: Aquarius paludum (Fabricius, 1794)
Common name(s): water strider

About the Figure:
Manufacturer: Kitan Club
Series: Nature Techni Colour - Water Striders
Year of Production: 2010
Size/Scale: Figure 5.0 cm wide. Body length approximately 1.4 cm, within scale 1:1
Frequency of species in toy/figure form (at time of posting): Unique
Miscellaneous Notes: This set came with five species of water striders (and three 'mini' Japanese tree frogs). When a surfactant is applied to a small hole in the clear plastic behind the insect, the decrease in surface tension causes the figure to propel forward, as if the bug was actually moving across the surface of the water! The clear acrylic around the insect isn't as opaque in-hand as it appears in this pic; it appears to be a lighting artifact during photography.

About the Animal:
Geographic distribution: Transcontinental in Eurasia
Habitat: Lentic; ponds, lakes, canals, slow-moving stretches of large rivers, rain pools, rice paddies
Diet: Insects and spiders that fall and get trapped on the surface of water
IUCN Status (at time of posting): Not Evaluated
Miscellaneous Notes: Aquarius paludum and other water striders have the ability to 'walk' on water due to a combination of morphologic adaptations. Their main body is lined on the underside with thousands of hydrofuge hairs which prevent the body from getting wet and weighed down with water. Their legs are very long and slender, yet still very strong, and have tiny hydrophobic hairs on the venter. The middle legs are used for rowing while the hind legs are used for steering.

[bmathison1972]

Species: Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common name(s): red admiral

About the Figure:
Manufacturer: Skillcraft
Series: Insect Lab
Year of Production: 1998
Size/Scale: Wingspan 9.0 cm for a scale of 2:1-1.4:1
Frequency of species in toy/figure form (at time of posting): Rare
Miscellaneous Notes: The Skillcraft Insect Lab is a model kit, and the figures must be assembled and painted by the user. These were some of my earliest attempts at painting figures. The main focus of the Insect Lab set was a large anatomical model of a field cricket. However, there were five individual insects (including today's) that were marketed at the species level; the other four species in the set are currently unique. Today's red admiral has an otherwise great sculpt but suffers from a common affliction on toys and figures of having too many legs for a nymphalid (six, should be four).

About the Animal:
Geographic distribution: Holarctic; adventive in Bermuda, Hawaii, the Azores, and Canary Islands
Habitat: Woodlands, forest margins, marshes, moist fields, suburban parks and gardens
Diet: Larvae feed on a variety of plants; common host plants include Urtica (nettles), Parietaria (pellitory), Boehmeria (false nettle), and Humulus (hops). Adults feed on fermenting fruit, bird droppings, tree sap, and nectar from a variety of flowers, especially of Asteraceae
IUCN Status (at time of posting): Least Concern (in North America its NatureServe rank is Secure)
Miscellaneous Notes: Males of V. atalanta are highly territorial. Territories are oval to ellipsoidal and on average 2.4-7.3 meters long by 4.0-12.8 meters wide. Males will patrol their territory up to about 30 times an hour. If an intruder male enters the territory, the resident attempts to drive him away by disorienting and tiring him out through a series of aerial maneuvers.

[bmathison1972]

Species: †Cryolophosaurus ellioti Hammer & Hickerson, 1994

About the Figure:
Manufacturer: Safari Ltd.
Series: Wild Safari Prehistoric World
Year of Production: 2022
Size/Scale: Figure length approximately 20.0 cm. Using skull as a metric (n=approx. 2.0 cm), scale comes to roughly 1:32
Frequency of species in toy/figure form (at time of posting): Uncommon
Miscellaneous Notes: Cryolophosaurus has been getting some attention in recent years (whether for better or worse), with others by Papo (2017), Schleich (2020), and a 'mini' version by PNSO (2016). Today's by Safari is probably one of the best (but I am biased towards Safari's theropods); other good ones are the original by Safari in the Carnegie Collection (2010) and Battat (2014).

About the Animal:
Geographic distribution: Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian) of present-day Antarctica
Habitat: Coniferous woodlands, river valleys and other riparian areas
Diet: Predator on smaller animals; occasionally carrion
IUCN Status (at time of posting): N/A [prehistoric]
Miscellaneous Notes: Cryolophosaurus ellioti is probably best known for its cranial crest, which was probably used for intraspecific communication, such as announcing sexual status or for territorial display. It's been suggested Cryolophosaurus may have been social, since display features such as this are common in gregarious animals.

[bmathison1972]

Species: Caiman crocodilus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common name(s): spectacled caiman; common caiman; brown caiman

About the Figure:
Manufacturer: Kaiyodo
Series: Wild Rush II
Year of Production: 2018
Size/Scale: Body length approximately 9.5 cm for a scale of 1:10.5-1:26.3 (see below)
Frequency of species in toy/figure form (at time of posting): Very rare
Miscellaneous Notes: Minimal assembly is required (tail needs to be attached). This figure is smaller than I would like, and I am likely to replace it if a 'standard-sized' version of this species get produced by a Western company. The high end of the scale above is calculated based on a maximum length of 2.5 meters

About the Animal:
Geographic distribution: Central and northern South America; adventive in Florida, Cuba, Puerto Rico
Habitat: Slow-moving rivers, flooded savanna and grasslands, marshes
Diet: Mammals, fish, crustaceans, snails
IUCN Status (at time of posting): Least Concern
Miscellaneous Notes: Caiman crocodilus lives in loose-knit groups, but individuals are generally solitary except during mating season. They stay in the same territory and remain immobile for most of the day. Caiman crocodilus uses nine different vocalizations and 13 visual displays to communicate with individuals of the same species.

[bmathison1972]

Species: Noctiluca scintillans (Macartney) Kofold & Swezy, 1921
Common name(s): sea tinkle; sea sparkle

About the Figure:
Manufacturer: Epoch
Series: Ecology of Plankton
Year of Production: 2004
Size/Scale: Body approximately 2.0 cm in diameter for a scale of 100:1-10:1
Frequency of species in toy/figure form (at time of posting): Very rare
Miscellaneous Notes: The figures in the Ecology of Plankton collection come in little jars suspended in a goo (see inset, minus the goo), as if to simulate biological specimens in a lab. I bought my set from forum member sbell, who had already removed the goo (which I probably would have done as well). The jars measure 3.7 cm tall and are 3.0 cm in diameter.

About the Animal:
Geographic distribution: Worldwide in tropical, subtropical, and temperate oceans
Habitat: Neritic; usually near the surface of the water along coasts and the mouths of rivers
Diet: The 'green form' is autotropic with the aid of the symbiotic eukaryote Pedinomonas noctiluca when present in its vacuole; the 'red form' is heterotrophic on other planktonic organisms, such as diatoms, copepod eggs, fish eggs, and larval crustaceans
IUCN Status (at time of posting): Not Evaluated
Miscellaneous Notes: Noctiluca scintillans is bioluminescent; the light is produced by mechanical stimulation due to shear stress. Deformation of the cell membrane causes an action potential across the vacuole membrane caused by positively-charged calcium ions released from intracellular stores. This action potential releases an influx of protons from the vacuole to the scintilla, lowering the pH from 8 to 6. This changes the conformation of luciferase making it active. Luciferin contains a binding protein that prevents it from auto-oxidizing in an alkaline pH. It releases it by a conformational change in acidic pH, activating luciferin.

[Isidro]

I never knew that a very same animal species can be either autotrophic or heterotrophic. This metabolism feature is used for distinguish whole Kingdoms and both strategies are present in same species!

[bmathison1972]

Species: Centrochelys sulcata (Miller, 1779)
Common name(s): African spurred tortoise; Sahel tortoise

About the Figure:
Manufacturer: Yell
Series: Channel Crocodile Gacha Gacha
Year of Production: 2022
Size/Scale: Carapace length approximately 4.0 cm for a scale of 1:21.5 for a male or 1:14.5 for a female (see below)
Frequency of species in toy/figure form (at time of posting): Very rare (unique? see below)
Miscellaneous Notes: Hard to say for sure, but it looks like this figure may have been sculpted and painted as a juvenile, although the scales above are calculated based on adults. Based on the shape of the plastron, it's hard to tell if the figure represents a male or female (the inner margins of the scutes are straight like a male, but narrowly separated like a female). The only other figure of this species I am aware of is by Wing Mau, but I am not sure if that is what it was marketed as or if it's a community-based ID.

About the Animal:
Geographic distribution: Northern Africa; along the southern edge of the Sahara Desert and the Sahel
Habitat: Semiarid grassland, savanna, thorn scrub
Diet: Succulent plants, grasses
IUCN Status (at time of posting): Endangered
Miscellaneous Notes: Like other turtles and tortoises, C. sulcata has a long lifespan. In captivity, they have been documented to live up to 54 years old. Their lifespan in the wild is unknown, but speculated to exceed 75 years.

[bmathison1972]

Species: †Funisia dorothea Droser & Gehling, 2008

About the Figure:
Manufacturer: Paleozoo
Series: Ediacaran Biota
Year of Production: 2017
Size/Scale: Individual animals on average 5.5-6.5 cm tall, for a scale of approximately 1:5
Frequency of species in toy/figure form (at time of posting): Unique
Miscellaneous Notes: Paleozoo models are 3D-printed. They can be fragile and I've had breakage of more than one of their models in the past during shipping (including todays; but it was easily rectified with glue).

About the Animal:
Geographic distribution: Ediacaran of present-day Australia
Habitat: Marine; benthic in sandy areas
Diet: Unknown; possibly filter-feeding of drifting plankton or nutrients derived from symbiotic microorganisms
IUCN Status (at time of posting): N/A [prehistoric]
Miscellaneous Notes: Funisia dorothea is believed to be one of the oldest known animals that engaged in sexual reproduction.

[Avian]

You may want to change "unique" to very rare (?), Oammararak sold a Funisia figure as part of her LIFE board game.

[bmathison1972]

You may want to change "unique" to very rare (?), Oammararak sold a Funisia figure as part of her LIFE board game.

You may want to change "unique" to very rare (?), Oammararak sold a Funisia figure as part of her LIFE board game.

Thanks Avian, but I do not consider game pieces when factoring that information in, same with plush, metal, porcelain sculptures, etc. Gotta draw the line somewhere

[bmathison1972]

Oh today was also the 900th post! I would have added the data with today's post, but I was traveling and didn't have the information this morning.

With today's post being the 900th, it is time for a fun stats update.

Raw Numbers:

Number of time we've seen major groups in the Museum. These are raw numbers based on the posts, and doesn't account for figures that have been removed from my collection. In July 2022, I purged about 200 insect figures from my collection, including 52 that had already been showcased in the Museum. Since then, additional figures have been removed or replaced. The number in parenthesis is what the numbers were like at post 800.

Arthropods: 491 (443)
Mammals: 114 (100)
Fish: 81 (75)
Birds: 73 (63)
Non-Arthropod Invertebrates: 45 (39)
Reptiles: 43 (36)
Amphibians: 25 (21)
Dinosaurs: 22 (18)
Protozoans/Plankton: 6 (5)

*Taxonomic Notes. Birds include all theropods within Euavialae, extinct or extant. The Dinosaur category is for 'traditional' prehistoric dinosaur clades (except anything in Euavialae); pterosaurs; mosasaurs, plesiosaurs, ichthyosaurs and other prehistoric aquatic reptiles; prehistoric crocodylomorphs; prehistoric non-mammal synapsids; and prehistoric reptiles with no close modern relatives. Amphibians include some prehistoric stem tetrapods.

Now, within Arthropods. Like with the major groups above, this is based on all posts, including those that have been removed and/or replaced in my collection. The number in parenthesis is what the numbers were like at post 700:

Insects: 351 (313)
Crustaceans: 71 (65)
Arachnids: 49 (47)
Misc. Arthropods: 20 (18)


Here are posts that remove two or more figures from the database. This is usually done when the same species has more than one example in a set or collection (e.g., male and female figures released together), but may also be used for uncommonly or rarely made species by the same company or for the rare instances the non-arthropod part of my collection is not synoptic (e.g., a shark where the adult is made by one company and a juvenile by the other). For the database, with the exception of life cycle sets, one line represents one figure. So, in these cases it is when the random number generator lands on one of the two (or more), but both (or more) are reviewed and removed. The following is how many times we have seen posts that remove two or more from the database; the number in parenthesis is how many there were at the 800th post:
Two figures: 79 (71)
Three figures: 5 (5)
Four figures: 2 (2)
Five figures: 1 (1)


Now some interesting tidbits of information:

Species that have been seen more than once:
Allomyrina dichotoma (13), Allotopus rosenbergi (5), Anomalocaris canadensis (2), Anoplophora chinensis (2), Apis mellifera (4), Armadillidium vulgare (3), Atrax robustus (2), Bathynomus giganteus (5), Beckius beccarii (2), Birgus latro (2), Bombyx mori (2), Brachypelma smithi (4), Cambaroides japonicus (2), Canis lupus (2), Chalcosoma chiron (4), Chalcosoma moellenkampi (3), Cheirotonus jambar (3), Chiromantes haematocheir (2), Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens (2), Coccinella septempunctata (4), Cybister chinensis (3), Cyclommatus elaphus (3), Danaus plexippus ( 8 ), Daphina pulex (2), Dorcus grandis (2), Dorcus hopei (5), Dorcus rectus (2), Dynastes grantii (3), Dynastes hercules (10), Dynastes neptunus (5), Eupatorus gracilicornis (3), Gallus gallus (2), Gelasimus tetragonon (2), Goliathus orientalis (2), Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata (3), Harmonia axyridis (2), Hebomoia glaucippe (2), Heliconius charithonia (2), Hyalophora cecropia (2), Idea leuconoe (4), Lamprima adolphinae (2), Latrodectus hasselti (2), Latrodectus mactans (4), Locusta migratoria (3), Lucanus cervus (4), Lucanus maculifemoratus (6), Macrocheira kaempferi (3), Mantis religiosa (2), Megasoma actaeon (4), Megasoma elaphas (3), Megasoma mars (2), Mesotopus tarandus (6), Morpho menelaus (4), Morpho peleides (2), Odontolabis burmeisteri (3), Ogyris genoveva (2); Onchorhynchus clarkii (2), Pandinoides cavimanus (2), Pandinus imperator (2), Papilio machaon (3), Papilio xuthus (3), Phalacrognathus muelleri (2), Procambarus clarkii (3), Prosopocoilus dissimilis (3), Prosopocoilus giraffa (4), Prosopocoilus inclinatus (7), Rosalia batesi (2), Sasakia charonda (3), Tachypleus tridentatus (2), Vespa mandarinia (2).

Genera with more than one species:
Acherontia (2), Aeshna (2), Aglais (2), Allomyrina (2), Ambystoma (2), Ameerega (2), Anas (2), Androctonus (2), Aphonopelma (2), Argiope (2), Atergatis (2), Bison (2), Caiman (2), Carabus (2), Carcharhinus (2), Chalcosoma (3), Cheirotonus (3), Coccinella (3), Cyclommatus (3), Dendrobates (2), Dorcus (6); Dynastes (3), Dyscophus (2), Equus (3), Eupatorus (2), Falco (2), Geochelone (2), Goliathus (3), Golofa (2), Graphium (2), Hexarthrius (4), Hippotragus (2), Hyperolius (2), Lactoria (2), Lamprima (2), Latrodectus (3), Lucanus (2), Lynx (2), Macaca (2), Manis (2), Megasoma (4), Morpho (5), Myotis (2), Odontolabis (3), Oncorhynchus (3), Ornithoptera (4), Oryx (2), Ostracion (2), Panulirus (4), Papilio (7), Parnassius (2), Polistes (2), Pongo (2), Portunus (2), Prosopocoilus (7), Rhaetulus (2), Rosalia (2), Scolopendra (2), Spheniscus (4), Takifugu (2), Takydromus (2), Ursus (3), Vanessa (2), Vespa (3), Vespula (2), Zerene (2).


Companies:

Here are a list of companies (alphabetical order) and how many have come up in each (some posts can have more than one company). Companies with an asterisk are new since the last stats update:
   
4D Master  4
AAA  4
Access Toys  1
Adventure Planet  1
Agatsuma Entertainment  2
AMT/Ertl  1
AquaKitz  1
Aquameridian Ltd./For Corporation  1
Arboreum Artwork  3
Ayano Katyama  3
Bandai/Bandai Spirits  24
Beam  1
Beauty of Beasts  1
Blip Toys  3
Break Co. Ltd.  1
Bullyland  12
Caboodle! Toys/Noah's Pals  2
Cadbury/Yowie Group  36
CBIOV  1
Club Earth/Wing Mau  35
Coca Cola  3
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Anyway, we'll look at stats again after post 1000!! Until then, enjoy the posts!

[bmathison1972]

Species: Aratinga solstitialis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common name(s): sun parakeet; sun conure

About the Figure:
Manufacturer: Play Visions
Series: Parrots & Cockatoos
Year of Production: 1996
Size/Scale: Body length approximately 5.0 cm for a scale of 1:5
Frequency of species in toy/figure form (at time of posting): Rare
Miscellaneous Notes: This figure was somewhat challenging to photograph because of its posture, and that PV parrots don't stand up well on their own over time! Additional figures of this species were made by Nayab and Shine-G.

About the Animal:
Geographic distribution: Guiana Shield of northeastern South America, mostly north of the Amazon River in northern Brazil, southern Guyana, southern Suriname, and southern French Guiana.
Habitat: Dry savanna woodlands, open savanna, coastal woodlands, scrubland, forested valleys
Diet: Fruits, seeds, nuts, flowers and flower buds, and occasionally insects
IUCN Status (at time of posting): Endangered
Miscellaneous Notes: Aratinga solstitialis is very social and can live in groups upwards of 15-30 individuals (although smaller groups of 3-5 are not uncommon). Pairs are monogamous and after breeding, pairs become increasingly affectionate to one another, but more aggressive to other birds (and people who keep these birds as pets).