Temperate Zone Mammals Exhibit, Hall of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History

ID: MNH-246 or MNH246

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 displays examples of the adaptation of temperate zone mammals to the climate by the use of hibernation or aestivation. The case includes a deer, a ground squirrel, a fox squirrel, and a jumping mouse. 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

  • Temperate Zone Mammals
  • Animals
  • Squirrel, Fox
  • Hibernation
  • Mouse, Jumping
  • Exhibitions
  • Hall of Mammals
  • Aestivation
  • Mammals
  • Squirrel, Ground
  • Deer

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Exhibit

ID Number

MNH-246 or MNH246

Physical description

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

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