Madrid National Museum of Natural Sciences in Spain

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Madrid National Museum of Natural Sciences
Local name	Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Type	museum
Address	Calle de José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2
Zip-code	28006
Place	Madrid
Country	Spain
Website	Website
Telephone	+34914111328
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Zoological department
Elephant department
Record history
History of updates	2021-07-01

Latest document update	2021-07-01 23:31:07
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Description

Madrid National Museum of Natural Sciences, located at Calle de José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2, in Madrid, Spain .

Taxidermy specimens

Madrid National Museum of Natural Sciences 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)

Duke of Alba elephant Accession nr: . Received: 1913-00-00 ♂ Duke of Alba elephant
Species: African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
* Born at Sudan unspecified location † Dead 1913 at Sudan unspecified location
Death: hunted Death reason: shot by Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 17th Duke of Alba
Body, bone or dental material: skin,
Mounted 1923-00-00 by Luis Beneditto at Madrid National Museum of Natural Sciences

Comments / picturesThe National Museum of Natural Sciences (Spanish: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales) is the national museum of natural history of Spain. It is situated in the center of Madrid, by the Paseo de la Castellana. It is managed by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC).

The museum traces back its origin to the Real Gabinete de Historia Natural [es], created in 1771 by Charles III. The gabinete was refounded as Real Museo de Historia Natural in 1815.[1] It changed names until its current denomination,[2] received in 1913.[3] The museum originally hosted a collection donated by a Spanish merchant, Pedro F. Dávila. In 1867, some facilities were separated to give birth to other museums (Archeology, Botanic Garden, Zoologic Garden). In 1987 the museum was restructured and enlarged with funds from two smaller museums.

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Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Madrid National Museum of Natural Sciences, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=3229. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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

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