Basel Natural History Museum in Switzerland

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Basel Natural History Museum
Local name	Naturhistorisches Museum Basel
Accession Code	NMB
Type	museum
Founded	1821
Address	Augustinergasse 2
Zip-code	4051
Place	Basel
Country	Switzerland
Website	Website
Facebook	Facebook
YouTube Channel	YouTube Channel
Instagram	naturhistorisches_museum_basel/
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Zoological department
Elephant department
Record history
History of updates	2021-07-10xx

Latest document update	2021-07-10 14:35:16
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Description

Basel Natural History Museum, located at Augustinergasse 2, in Basel, Switzerland , was founded in 1821.

Taxidermy specimens

Basel Natural History 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)

Puntali cave Palaeoloxodon falconeri Accession nr: NMB ?. Received: ⚪ Puntali cave Palaeoloxodon falconeri (fossil)
Species: Palaeoloxodon falconeri)
* Born ca 450 000 years ago at Sicily unspecified forest † Dead ca 450 000 years ago at Puntali cave
Death: unknown Death reason: unknown (N/A)
Body, bone or dental material: one molar,

Katoto Accession nr: . Received: 1972-00-00 ♂ Katoto
Species: African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
* Born 1951 at Ruaha National Park † Dead 1972 at Basel Zoo
Death: euthanised Death reason: aggressive

Comments / picturesNatural History Museum Basel (German: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel) is a natural history museum in Basel, Switzerland that houses wide-ranging collections focused on the fields of zoology, entomology, mineralogy, anthropology, Osteology and paleontology. It has over 7.7 million objects.

References for records about Basel Natural History Museum

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Basel Natural History Museum, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=3043. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_History_Museum_of_Basel

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