<I>Melanerpes</I> Endocast (IMAGE)

American Museum of Natural History

<I>Melanerpes</I> Endocast

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This CT scan shows a modern woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons) with its brain cast rendered opaque and the skull transparent. The endocast is partitioned into the following neuroanatomical regions: brain stem (yellow), cerebellum (blue), optic lobes (red), cerebrum (green), and olfactory bulbs (orange).

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©AMNH/A. Balanoff

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