Exhibits Inside

The Sierra College Natural History Museum does not find it hard to get a head. There are over 70 animal head-mounts and 140 skulls on exhibit.

From the ceiling:

Among the exhibits hanging down from the ceiling are: A complete 38 foot long California Gray Whale skeleton, a Narwhale skull replica, a Bowhead whale baleen plate, and a complete Manatee skeleton.

Also, journey back into California’s past and get a glimpse of what was swimming in and flying over our Mesozoic sea - models of a life-size Thalattosaur, Mosasaur, Plesiosaur, and Pterodon.

On the walls:

North American Mammals:

Featuring: Mountain Lion, Gray Wolf, Bison, Musk Ox, Caribou, Pronghorn, Mountain Goat, Moose, Elk, and various deer.

South American Mammals:

Features: Armadillo, Collared Peccary, Tapir, Jaguar, Whitetail Deer, Pampus Deer, Taruca, Brocket, and a Three-toed Sloth hanging from the ceiling.

African Mammals:

Over 30 wall-mounts: Elephant, White and Black Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus, Cheetah, Elephant, Bush Pig, Wart Hog, Cape Buffalo, Giraffe, and various old world antelope.

European Mammals:

This wall displays a: Fallow Deer, Chamois, Ibex Goat, Four-horned Sheep, a Goat, and a Wild Boar. Also displayed on this wall is a skull replica of an extinct Irish Elk with our own extinct North American Stag Moose above it has a comparison of antler size extremes.

Asian Mammals:

In this corner of the museum a full-size Snow Leopard watches over a Chinese Pangolin, Black Buck, Himalayan Tahr and a plethora of deer consisting of a: Barking, Hog, Pere David’s, Roe, Axis, Sambar, and Sika Deer. A Binturong can be found to the left of the European Mammal wall scaling a tree.

Marine Mammals:

Featuring a Sawfish snout, Walrus head, Green Sea and Hawksbill turtles and Narwhale skull replica.

Fossils:

• Actual-size ichthyosaur replica Cymbospondylus petrinus 
• A whale ancestor Basilosaurus half-skull replica. 
• Skeletal models of the ichthyosaur Ichtyosaurus communis and the plesiosaur Trinacromerum,kirki
• Carcharodon megalodon versus Great White Shark - size comparison of teeth and mouth. 
• Tyrannosaurus rex jaw replica 
• Ice age Bison skull 
• Woolly Mammoth tusk 
• Sabertooth cat skull half replica

Near ground level displays and cases:

• Large Horseshoe Crab 
• Trilobites with subsection of California trilobites 
• History of Life display 
• “Which One Are You?” display 
• Sierrian Forest display 
• Mushroom case 
• Magnified soil case 
• Bird Nest case 
• Antlers of the World display 
• First Forest case
• Hesperornis case 
• First Flight case 
• Green River Formation Fossils case 
• Petrified Tree Trunk (Ione Formation) 
• Ice Age Fossils 
• Ancient Elephants 
• Ammonite 
• Titanothere case 
• Bivalves & Gastropod Fossils case 
• Bear case with body-mounts of: Polar, Alaskan Brown, Grizzly, and Black Bear
• Cephalopod Fossils case 
• Chico Formation case 
• Weather Station and Seismograph Case 
• Marine Mammals case 
• Geochron Fossil Tracks and Ripple Marks case
• Perissodactyla case 
• Small and Large Mineral cases 
• Theropod Footprint display 
• Rocks of Rocklin Poster 
• Skull Cases – over 100 skulls of extinct and modern animals – includes birds, reptiles, and mammals. 
• Dinosaur display 
• Dinosaur Fossil cases 
• African Porcupine Petrified “Live Oak” Stump 
• Camarasaur Tibia 
• Apatosaur Tibia & Fibula 
• Pachycephalosaurus Poster 
• Horse Skeleton 
• Artiocactyla case 
• Triceratops/Pachycephalosaur case 
• Turtle/Tortoise Fossils case 
• Amethyst Geode case 
• Tar Pit of Doom case 
• Pine Cone case 
• Uintathere case 
• Extinct California Grizzly Bear Jaw 
• Giant Clam 
• Local Insects 
• Butterflies and Moths case 
• Meteorite case (upstairs) 
• S110 displays (If you didn’t see enough stuffed animals try looking in room S110)