Animals on Barro Colorado Island

ID: 42866 or MNH-42866

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: Unknown

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 34, Folder: 32

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Summary

Animals on Barro Colorado Island included Baird's young tapir on the left and a coati-mundi on the right. The Barro Colorado Island Canal Zone Biological Area, Panama, was established in 1924 as a natural history laboratory and was made part of the Smithsonian in 1946, later renamed the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.

Subject

  • Barro Colorado Island Biological Laboratory
  • Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI)

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 34, Folder: 32

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, [email protected]

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Date

Unknown

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Coati-mundi
  • Animals
  • Architecture
  • Tapirs
  • Tropical Biology
  • Barro Colorado Island (Panama)
  • Buildings
  • Panama Canal

Place

  • Barro Colorado Nature Monument (Panama)
  • Panama
  • Barro Colorado Island (Panama)
  • Panama Canal

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Animal, candid

ID Number

42866 or MNH-42866

Physical description

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

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