Poisonous Mammals Exhibit, Hall of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History

ID: MNH-220 or MNH220

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1959

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44A, Folder: 2

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Summary

In the Hall of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History in an exhibit case of "Poisonous Mammals" displays the short-tailed shrew, the duck-billed platypus, and the spiny anteater, the only poisonous mammals.

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: 2

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

  • Shrew, short-tailed
  • Animals
  • Platypus
  • Animal defenses
  • Exhibitions
  • Poisonous Mammals
  • Hall of Mammals
  • Mammals
  • Anteaters, Spiny

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Exhibit

ID Number

MNH-220 or MNH220

Physical description

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

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