National Zoological Park (U. S.), Department of Zoological Research, Animal Research Records, 1954, 1968-2000 : macaques, negatives.

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Abstract

This field book is part of the animal research data of the Division of Zoological Research of the National Zoological Park (U. S.), which conducted research documenting the toque macaque of Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka. The research was mostly performed by Research Associate Wolfgang P. J. Dittus, Director of the Smithsonian Primate Biology Program in Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka. The present folder includes photographic negatives of color films of macaques and researchers in the field. They are not dated, but their envelope is marked "Order No. 31060" and "0953" and bears a photographic laboratory address in Kandy, Sri Lanka.

Date Range

1968-2000

Start Date

1968

End Date

2000

Access Information

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Topic

  • Macaques--Asia
  • Zoology--Research
  • Nature photography

Place

  • Kandy
  • Sri Lanka

Form/Genre

  • Fieldbook record
  • Field notes
  • Negatives (photographic)

Accession #

SIA Acc. 15-268

Collection name

National Zoological Park (U. S.), Department of Zoological Research : animal research records, 1954, 1968-2000

Physical Description

1 folder (photographic negatives)

Physical Location

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Sublocation

Box 9, folder 32