Natural History Museum of Ege University in Turkey

Natural History Museum of Ege University
Type	museum
Opened for public	1973
Place	İzmir
Province	İzmir Province
Country	Turkey
Related persons
Owner	Ege University

Directors	Professor Kerim Çiçek

Key People

Veterinarians
Elephant department
Head keepers of elephants

Elephant keepers
Record history
History of updates	2023-08-26

Latest document update	2023-08-26 11:00:02

Description

Natural History Museum of Ege University, in İzmir, Turkey , opened for public in 1973.

Taxidermy specimens

Natural History Museum of Ege University 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)

Syrian elephant Accession nr: . Received: ♂ Syrian elephant
Species: Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
* Born at † Dead at Death reason: unknown (N/A) at Karamanmarash, Southeastern Turkey,

Comments / picturesNatural History Museum of Ege University (Turkish: Ege Universitesi Doğa Tarihi Müzesi) is a university museum in İzmir, Turkey. The museum is in the campus of the Ege University next to Faculty of Science at 38°27′31″N 27°13′53″E. The museum was founded in 1973. Between 1973 and 1991 it was an institute of the faculty. After 1991 it became a subunit of the rectorship.

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Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Natural History Museum of Ege University, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=3752. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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