Field Museum of Natural History in United States

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Field Museum of Natural History
Type	museum
Address	1400 S Lake Shore Dr
Zip-code	60605
Place	Chicago
State	Illinois
Country	United States
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Zoological department
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Record history
History of updates	2021-07-04xx

Latest document update	2021-07-04 06:18:32
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Description

Field Museum of Natural History, located at 1400 S Lake Shore Dr, in Chicago, Illinois, United States .

Taxidermy specimens

Field Museum of Natural History has in its collection 4 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)

Ziggy Accession nr: . Received: ♂ Ziggy
Species: Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
* Born 1919 at Unknown † Dead 1975-10-27 at Brookfield Zoo
Death: accident Death reason: fell into dry moat

Delia Akeley elephant Accession nr: . Received: 1905-00-00 ♂ Delia Akeley elephant
Species: African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
* Born at Africa unspecified location † Dead 1905-00-00 at Africa unspecified location
Death: hunted Death reason: shot by Delia Akeley
Body, bone or dental material: complete body,
Mounted 1905-00-00 by Carl Akeley

Carl Akeley elephant Accession nr: . Received: 1905-00-00 ♂ Carl Akeley elephant
Species: African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
* Born at Africa unspecified location † Dead 1905-00-00 at Africa unspecified location
Death: hunted Death reason: shot by Carl Akeley
Body, bone or dental material: complete body,
Mounted 1905-00-00 by Carl Akeley

Zombie Accession nr: FMNH 53749. Received: 1943-07-04 ♀ Zombie
Species: African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis)
* Born 1934 at Congo unspecified forest † Dead 1943-07-04 at Brookfield Zoo
Death: unknown Death reason: unknown (N/A)
Body, bone or dental material: skin,skull,skeleton,

Comments / picturesCarl Akeley joined The Field Museum in 1896 at the prompting of another one of his mentors, Daniel Giraud Elliot.

References for records about Field Museum of Natural History

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Field Museum of Natural History, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=3267. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

https://www.fieldmuseum.org/about/history/carl-akeley

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