Museo Civico di Zoologia in Italy

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Museo Civico di Zoologia
African bull elephant Toto, in real life, and mounted at the museum. HTTP code: 301 image is inline deepink from an external server, inline linking does not directly infringe copyright but can be removed on request.
Local name	Museo Civico di Zoologia
Accession Code	MCZR
Type	museum
Founded	1932
Address	Via Ulisse Aldrovandi, 18
Zip-code	00197
Place	Roma
Country	Italy
Website	Website
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Telephone	+390667109270
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Zoological department
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History of updates	2023-05-28

Latest document update	2023-05-28 03:49:33
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Description

Museo Civico di Zoologia, located at Via Ulisse Aldrovandi, 18, in Roma, Italy , was founded in 1932.

Taxidermy specimens

Museo Civico di Zoologia has in its collection 7 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)

Toto Accession nr: MCZR OS.1311. Received: 1939-00-00 ♂ Toto
Species: African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
* Born at Tanzania unspecified location † Dead 1939 at Rome Zoo
Death: disease Death reason:
Discovered 1908-04-21 by Hans Schomburgk

Remo Accession nr: MCZR OS.1306. Received: 1952-12-00 ♂ Remo
Species: Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
* Born 1950-09-02 at Rome Zoo † Dead 1952-12-24 at Rome Zoo
Death: disease Death reason: Gastritis

stillborn Accession nr: MCZR OS.1312?. Received: 1953-09-00 ♀ stillborn
Species: Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
* Born 1953-09-11 at Rome Zoo † Dead 1953-09-11 at Rome Zoo
Death: stillborn Death reason:

Mukkei Accession nr: MCZR OS.1307. Received: 1956-00-00 ⚪ Mukkei
Species: African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis)
* Born at West Africa unspecified location † Dead 1955 at Naples Fuorigrotta ZooDeath reason: unknown (N/A)

Zuma Accession nr: MCZR OS.1310. Received: 1956-01-00 ♀ Zuma
Species: Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
* Born 1955-07-03 at Rome Zoo † Dead 1955-12-31 at Rome Zoo
Death: unknown Death reason: unknown (N/A)

Ercolino Accession nr: MCZR OS.1308. Received: 1976-12-00 ♂ Ercolino
Species: African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis)
* Born 1973 at Gabon unspecified forest † Dead 1976-12-24 at Rome Zoo
Death: unknown Death reason: unknown (N/A)

Jumbo Accession nr: MCZR OS.1313. Received: 1979-10-00 ♂ Jumbo
Species: African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
* Born at Africa unspecified location † Dead 1979-10-06 at Rome Zoo
Death: unknown Death reason: unknown (N/A)
Body, bone or dental material: mandible saved,

Comments / picturesThe Museo Civico di Zoologia is a natural history museum in Rome, central Italy. It is situated next to the Bioparc (Zoo) and can be entered by the Zoo or through the entrance on via Ulisse Aldrovandi. Founded in 1932, it is said to continue the natural history tradition of the Gabinetto di Zoologia dell'Università Pontificia and the collections date from 1792.

The osteological collection of the Museo Civico di Zoologia of Rome (MCZR) counts 2 complete skeletons, 4 skulls with Mandible, 4 skulls, 5 mandibles, 1 molariform tooth, and 11 more or less complete Tusks of extant elephants.

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Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Museo Civico di Zoologia, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=3051. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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