National Taiwan Museum in Taiwan

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National Taiwan Museum
Type	museum
Founded	1908
District	Zhongzheng District
Province	Taipei
Country	Taiwan
Website	Website
Telephone	+886-2-2314-2699
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Zoological department
Elephant department
Record history
History of updates	2020-10-07

Latest document update	2020-10-30 07:03:11
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Description

National Taiwan Museum, Taiwan , was founded in 1908.

Taxidermy specimens

National Taiwan Museum has in its collection 1 elephantine museum specimens with records in this database:

(Measurements of teeth and body parts follow the system described by Maglio (1973; P = plate number, L = length, W = width, H = height, LF = lamellar frequency)

Lin Wang Accession nr: . Received: 2003-00-00 ♂ Lin Wang
Species: Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
* Born 1917 at Myanmar unspecified location † Dead 2003-02-26 at Taipei Zoo
Death: age Death reason: stated or assumed dead from old age

Comments / picturesThe National Taiwan Museum (NTM; Chinese: 國立臺灣博物館; pinyin: Guólì Táiwān Bówùguǎn), established in 1908, is the oldest museum in Taiwan. It was founded by the colonial government during Taiwan\'s period of Japanese rule. The museum is located in Zhongzheng District, Taipei.

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Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). National Taiwan Museum, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=3044. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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