Bern Institute of Anatomy in Switzerland

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Bern Institute of Anatomy
Local name	Institut für Anatomie
Type	museum
Address	Baltzerstrasse 2
Zip-code	3012
Place	Bern
Country	Switzerland
Website	Website
Telephone	+41316318433
Related persons
Owner	University of Bern

Zoological department
Elephant department
Record history
History of updates	2021-07-03xx

Latest document update	2021-07-03 11:50:10
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Description

Bern Institute of Anatomy, located at Baltzerstrasse 2, in Bern, Switzerland .

Taxidermy specimens

Bern Institute of Anatomy 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)

unknown ("Murten elephant") Accession nr: . Received: 1866-00-00 ♂ unknown ("Murten elephant")
Species: Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
* Born at Asia unspecified location † Dead 1866-06-28 at Circus Bell and Meyers
Death: shot Death reason: shot with a canon in the town Murten, Switzerland

References for records about Bern Institute of Anatomy

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2026). Bern Institute of Anatomy, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=3052. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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