Bourges Museum of Natural History in France

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Bourges Museum of Natural History
Local name	Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle
Type	museum
Address	Allée René Ménard 9
Zip-code	18000
Place	Bourges
Country	France
Website	Website
Telephone	+33248653734
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Zoological department
Elephant department
Record history
History of updates	2021-07-01

Latest document update	2021-07-01 02:44:23
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Description

Bourges Museum of Natural History, located at Allée René Ménard 9, in Bourges, France .

Taxidermy specimens

Bourges Museum of Natural History 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)

Hans Accession nr: . Received: 1931-07-00 ♂ Hans
Species: Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
* Born 1782 at Sri Lanka unspecified location † Dead 1802-02-17 at Menagerie du Paris Jardin des Plantes
Death: disease Death reason: pneumonia

Comments / picturesThe male elephant Hans is the oldest taxidermized specimen of elephant still in existence in France.

References for records about Bourges Museum of Natural History

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Bourges Museum of Natural History, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=3221. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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https://tropter.com/en/france/metropolitan-france/bourges/museum-of-natural-history

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