Marseille Natural History Museum in France

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Marseille Natural History Museum


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Local name Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille
Typemuseum
Total nrs83000
Founded1819
Number of animals83000
Address Boulevard De Montricher, Aile droite
Zip-code 13233
Place Marseille
Country France
Website Website
FacebookFacebook
Telephone+33 4 91 14 59 50
Related persons
Owner
Directors 1963: André Francki
Zoological department
Elephant department
Record history
History of updates2022-04-02xx
Latest document update2022-04-02 10:09:37
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Description

Marseille Natural History Museum, located at Boulevard De Montricher, Aile droite, in Marseille, France , was founded in 1819.

Taxidermy specimens

Marseille Natural History Museum 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)

Toby Accession nr: NHNM 9112. Received: 1886-00-00 ♂ Toby
Species: Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
* Born 1840? at Asia unspecified location † Dead 1886 at Marseille Zoo
Death: unknown Death reason: unknown (N/A)


Margot Accession nr: . Received: 1903-00-00 ♀ Margot
Species: Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
* Born 1883? at Asia unspecified location † Dead 1903-10-23 at Marseille Zoo
Death: shot Death reason: following a fracture of the tibia


William Accession nr: MHNM 6446. Received: 1906-00-00 ♂ William
Species: Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
* Born at Asia unspecified location † Dead 1906 at Marseille Zoo
Death: unknown Death reason: unknown (N/A)


Frazor Accession nr: . Received: 1960-00-00 ♂ Frazor
Species: Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
* Born 1905 at Cambodia unspecified location † Dead 1960 at Marseille Zoo
Death: unknown Death reason: unknown (N/A)
Body, bone or dental material: unmounted skeleton and teeth,

Comments / picturesThe Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Marseille or Natural History Museum of Marseille was founded in 1819 by Jean-Baptiste, marquis de Montgrand, mayor of Marseille and Comte "Earl" de Villeneuve, Bouches du Rhône préfet.

The museum houses 83,000 zoological specimens, 200,000 botanical specimens, 81,000 fossils, and 8,000 mineral specimens.

Marseille Natural History Museum in France FranceTwo Asian elephants bulls, Toby and William, on display in the museum.




References for records about Marseille Natural History Museum

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Marseille Natural History Museum, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=3582. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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