Ghent Museum of Zoology in Netherlands

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Ghent Museum of Zoology
Local name	Museum voor Dierkunde van de Universiteit Gent
Type	museum
Address	Karel Lodewijk Ledeganckstraat 35
Zip-code	9000
Place	Gent
Country	Netherlands
Related persons
Owner	Ghent University

Zoological department
Elephant department
Record history
History of updates	2021-07-03

Latest document update	2021-07-03 13:35:54
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Description

Ghent Museum of Zoology, located at Karel Lodewijk Ledeganckstraat 35, in Gent, Netherlands .

Taxidermy specimens

Ghent Museum of Zoology 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)

Samba (Chamba, Tjampa) Accession nr: . Received: 2001-00-00 ♀ Samba (Chamba, Tjampa)
Species: Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
* Born at Unknown † Dead 2001-05-23 at Harry Malter familypark
Death: euthanised Death reason: arthritis

References for records about Ghent Museum of Zoology

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Ghent Museum of Zoology, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=3047. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghent_University

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