Pontificia Catholic University Museum in Brazil

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Pontificia Catholic University Museum
Local name	PUC Minas Coração Eucarístico
Type	museum
Address	R. Dom José Gaspar, 500, Coração Eucarístico
Place	Belo Horizonte
Country	Brazil
Website	Website
Telephone	+553133194444
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Zoological department
Elephant department
Record history
History of updates	2021-07-04

Latest document update	2021-07-04 19:00:53
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Description

Pontificia Catholic University Museum, located at R. Dom José Gaspar, 500, Coração Eucarístico, in Belo Horizonte, Brazil .

Taxidermy specimens

Pontificia Catholic University Museum has in its collection 3 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)

Margarita Accession nr: . Received: ♀ Margarita
Species: Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
* Born at Asia unspecified location † Dead at Belo Horizonte Zoobotanica
Death: Death reason: unknown (N/A)

Joca Accession nr: . Received: 1995-00-00 ♂ Joca
Species: African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
* Born 1975 at Unknown † Dead 1995-10-03 at Belo Horizonte Zoobotanica
Death: disease Death reason: ingested a bottle pet thus causing an infection in the digestive and respiratory pipe

Dandara Accession nr: . Received: 2020-00-00 ♀ Dandara
Species: African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
* Born 1995 at Unknown † Dead 2010-04-03 at Belo Horizonte Zoobotanica
Death: maternal death Death reason: died because she couldnt deliver her female calf

Comments / pictures Pontificia Catholic University Museum in Brazil Brazil

Margaritas Skeleton to the right, and the bull Joca to the left, with David Matos Mendes who has provided information about the elephants in the collection.

References for records about Pontificia Catholic University Museum

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Pontificia Catholic University Museum, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=3268. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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