NZP Receives Two Baby Gorillas

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Summary

February 20-26. The National Zoological Park receives two baby gorillas (Gorilla gorilla). The male (Nikumba, 15 months) and female (Moka, 20 months) were flown from French Equatorial Africa to Europe and then to the United States. They are the first gorillas in the Zoo since 1932.

Subject

National Zoological Park (U.S.)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

  • TORCH, March 1955, p. 4
  • Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1954, p. 106

Contact information

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

Date

February 20, 1955

Topic

  • Animals
  • Gifts
  • Gorilla

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