National Museum of Brazil in Brazil

National Museum of Brazil
Type	museum

Owner
Total nrs
Country	Brazil

Directors

Key People

Veterinarians

Elephant department

Head keepers of elephants

Elephant keepers
Record history
History of updates	0000-00-00

Latest document update	2023-02-26 00:49:20
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Description

National Museum of Brazil, Brazil .

Taxidermy specimens

National Museum of Brazil has in its collection 2 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)

Bosco Destroyed by fire in the museum
Accession nr: . Received: 1893-00-00 ♂ Bosco
Species: Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
* Born at Asia unspecified location † Dead 1893-00-00 at Rio de Janeiro Zoo (Vila Isabel)
Death: unknown Death reason: unknown (N/A)
††† Destroyed 2018-00-00 by fire in the museum

Edici Accession nr: . Received: 1949-00-00 ♀ Edici
Species: Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
* Born at Asia unspecified location † Dead 1949-03-02 at Rio de Janeiro ZooDeath reason: unknown (N/A)

References for records about National Museum of Brazil

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2024). National Museum of Brazil, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=3698. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Enzo Henriques, Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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