Turin Regional Museum of Natural Science in Italy


Turin Regional Museum of Natural Science
Local name Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali
Accession Code MZUT
Typemuseum
Owner
Founded1978
Address Via Giovanni Giolitti, 36
Zip-code 10123
Place Turin
Region Piemonte
Country Italy
Website Website
Telephone+39800329329
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Veterinarians
Elephant department
Head keepers
of elephants
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Description

Turin Regional Museum of Natural Science, located at Via Giovanni Giolitti, 36, in Turin, Italy , was founded in 1978.

Taxidermy specimens

Turin Regional Museum of Natural Science 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)


    Fritz Accession nr: . Received: ♂ Fritz
    Species: Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
    * Born at Asia unspecified location † Dead 1852 at Stupinigi Menagerie
    Death: killed Death reason: agressivness, killed its keeper by Francesco Comba at Turin Regional Museum of Natural Science, in Turin, Italy

    unknown Accession nr: . Received: 1876-00-00 ♂ unknown
    Species: African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
    * Born at Sudan unspecified location † Dead 1876 at Turin Royal Zoological GardenDeath reason: unknown (N/A)

Comments / picturesThe Turin Museum of Natural History (Italian: Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino or MRSN) was established in 1978 to house the natural history collections of the University of Turin and other collections of natural history, originated from specific Research campaigns and donations. It is located at 36 Via Giolitti, Turin, in a 17th-century building which used to be the hospital of San Giovanni Battista, build by Amedeo di Castellamonte.

The museum has departments (sezioni) of zoology, entomology, botany, minerals, geology and paleontology. It also has a specialist library and an exhibition centre.

References for records about Turin Regional Museum of Natural Science

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2024). Turin Regional Museum of Natural Science, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=3225. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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