 ☨ ♂ Gold Dust
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 Gold Dust and Dunk with head keeper W. H. Blackburne at the National Zoological Park, 1898 |
| Taxidermy location | Washington National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, United States |
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| Identification |
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| Museum accession number | NMNH USNM 85485 / A0049639 |
| SSP nr | 478 |
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| Description |
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| Species: | Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) |
| Sex and age: | Male ♂ 18 years old |
| Characteristics: |
Skin, skull, skeleton, section of trunk in fluid |
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| Born: | * 1880 wild |
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| Death |
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| Dead: | †1898-11-04 |
| Death reason: | unknown: collapsed during a walk in the zoo. he could not rise again, and died during the night. Autopsy showed catarrhal inflammation of the stomach and intestines. |
| Locations - owners |
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| Present / last location: | Smithsonian National Zoological Park, in United States |
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| Date of arrival |
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| 1891-04-30 | Smithsonian National Zoological Park
from Adam Forepaugh Circus |
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| 1890-00-00 | Adam Forepaugh Circus
from Frank A. Robbins Circus |
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| 1886-00-00 | Frank A. Robbins Circus
from Adam Forepaugh Circus |
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| Record history |
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| History of updates | 2021-07-29 |
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| Latest document update | 2021-07-28 12:43:36 |
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