South Australian Museum in Australia

South Australian Museum
Type	museum
Address	North Terrace
Zip-code	SA 5000
Place	Adelaide
State	South Australia
Country	Australia
Website	Website
Facebook	Facebook
YouTube user	YouTube
Twitter	samuseum
Instagram	southaustralianmuseum/
Telephone	+61882077500
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History of updates	2020-10-08

Latest document update	2020-10-30 07:03:11
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Description

South Australian Museum, located at North Terrace, in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia .

Taxidermy specimens

South Australian Museum 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)

Miss Siam Accession nr: . Received: 1904-00-00 ♀ Miss Siam
Species: Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
* Born 1881 at Unknown † Dead 1904-05-07 at Adelaide Zoo
Death: unknown Death reason: unknown (N/A)

Samorn Accession nr: . Received: 1994-00-00 ♀ Samorn
Species: Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
* Born 1950 at Unknown † Dead 1994-10-10 at Monarto Zoo
Death: accident Death reason: fell in the moat and died

Comments / picturesMiss Siam, an Indian elephants Skeleton, is in the Museum\'s science centre, where many collection items are stored and Research is undertaken. She lived at the Adelaide Zoo and died in 1904.

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Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). South Australian Museum, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=3048. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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