University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History in United States

University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Type	museum
Country	United States
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History of updates	2021-07-01

Latest document update	2021-07-01 15:20:58

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University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History, United States .

Taxidermy specimens

University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History 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)

Tusko Accession nr: . Received: ♂ Tusko
Species: Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
* Born 1890 at Thailand unspecified location † Dead 1933-06-10 at Seattle Zoo (Woodland Park Zoo)
Death: disease Death reason: massive blood clot in the heart

Comments / picturesThe University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History, commonly known as the UO Natural History Museum, is an American natural history museum at the University of Oregon in Eugene. Located near Hayward Field on the east side of the UO campus, it is the largest natural history museum between Seattle and San Francisco and a center for archaeological and paleontological Research in the Pacific Northwest and the wider world.

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Koehl, Dan (2025). University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=3228. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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