Royal Museum for Central Africa in Belgium

Royal Museum for Central Africa
Local name	Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika
Type	museum

Owner
Total nrs	10
Founded	1897
Opened for public	1897
Number of animals	10
Address	Park van Tervuren, Leuvensesteenweg 13
Zip-code	3080
Place	Tervuren
Country	Belgium
Website	Website
Facebook	Facebook
YouTube user	YouTube
Twitter	africamuseumbe
Instagram	africamuseumbe
Telephone	+32 2 769 52 11

Directors	Guido Gryseels

Key People

Veterinarians

Elephant department

Head keepers of elephants

Elephant keepers
Record history
History of updates	2020-10-07

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

Royal Museum for Central Africa, located at Park van Tervuren, Leuvensesteenweg 13, in Tervuren, Belgium , was founded in 1897, opened for public in 1897.

Taxidermy specimens

Royal Museum for Central Africa 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)

Bushimaie elephant Accession nr: . Received: 1958-00-00 ♂ Bushimaie elephant
Species: African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
* Born at Bushimaie Hunting Reserve † Dead 1958 at Bushimaie Hunting Reserve
Death: hunted Death reason: shot for the 1958 World's Fair.

References for records about Royal Museum for Central Africa

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2024). Royal Museum for Central Africa, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=3037. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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