Opossum Found at Market; Presented to NZP

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Summary

A small, Central American opossum is found in a bunch of bananas in the Central Market, and is presented to the National Zoological Park by D. Grovo and Company, the same firm that presented the NZP with a young Boa Constrictor,found in the same manner, the previous fall.

Subject

National Zoological Park (U.S.)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

"Local Notes," 2/6/1917, p. 3

Contact information

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

Date

1917

Topic

  • Animals
  • Zoos
  • Accessions
  • Opossums
  • Boa constrictor

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