Adaptations for Offense and Defense Exhibit, Hall of Mammals

ID: MNH-244 or MNH244

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1959

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44A, Folder: 4

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Summary

Exhibit case shows adaptations for offense and defense by the use of offensive odors, playing possum, armor plates, teeth and claws, hoofs, and antlers by various animals. The exhibit is in the Hall of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History.

Subject

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44A, Folder: 4

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1959

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Adaptations
  • Animals
  • Animal defenses
  • Exhibitions
  • Hall of Mammals
  • Mammals
  • Offense

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Exhibit

ID Number

MNH-244 or MNH244

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print

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