Rug Mount Taxidermy

The classic rug mount taxidermy of a lion or leopard usually comes with a fully taxidermied head but most trophy skins can be made into a rug or flat skin.


  • Most tanned trophy skins, either whole or back skins, make good rugs of various sizes.
  • Your choices with antelope or zebra skins will be whether you want the head retained as part of the rug and whether you want a felt backing.
  • If skins with a hollow hair structure like gemsbok and other oryx, klipspringer and waterbuck are used as rugs they should be placed in a low traffic area. This is because the hair is very fragile and will fall out quickly.

Rug Mounts

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Lion Rug Mount
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Leopard Rug Mount

Photographs by kind permission of Lifeform Taxidermy

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