Concealing Coloration Exhibit, Hall of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History

ID: MNH-223 or MNH223

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1959

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44A, Folder: 3

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Summary

An exhibit case shows how some forest-dwelling animals use concealing coloration to provide protection for their helpless young in the Hall of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History. Included in the case is a young wild pig, a young puma, a deer fawn and a young tapir.

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: 3

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

  • Animals
  • Fawn
  • Pumas
  • Camouflage
  • Tapirs
  • Animal defenses
  • Exhibitions
  • Color of animals
  • Hall of Mammals
  • Mammals
  • Pig, Wild
  • Coloration
  • Deer

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Exhibit

ID Number

MNH-223 or MNH223

Physical description

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

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