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Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Netherlands
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Local name
Nederlands Centrum voor Biodiversiteit Naturalis
Type museum
Owner
Total nrs 37000000
Founded 1820
Number of animals 37000000
Place
Leiden
Region
South Holland
Country
Netherlands
Website
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Description
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, in Leiden, Netherlands
, was founded in 1820.
Taxidermy specimens Naturalis Biodiversity Center 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)
Kito
Accession nr: . Received: ♂ Kito Species: African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana )
* Born 2002-12-06 at Colchester Zoo † Dead 2017-03-13 at Dvur Kralove Zoo Death: disease Death reason: heart failure
Comments / pictures Naturalis Biodiversity Center is a national museum of natural history and a Research
center on biodiversity in Leiden, Netherlands. Its collection includes approximately 37 million specimens, making it one of the largest natural history collections in the world.
2018-2019: The museum, except the Research
facilities, was closed from September 2018 to mid 2019 due to renovations. Temporary exhibitions were held in the Pesthuis (historical Plague hospital) entrance building during the renovations.
Although its current name and organization are relatively recent, the history of Naturalis can be traced back to the early 1800s.
Among other elephants on exhibit, African Savanna
elephant Kito, who died 2017-03-13 in heart failure at Dvur Kralove Zoo ,
Czech Republic, is presently on display in the diorama of "Life". References for records about Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Recommended Citation Koehl, Dan (2025). Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=3055 . (archived at the Wayback machine )Sources used for this article is among others:
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