MCZ Mammalogy 6321

Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758

Date Collected:

1885-01-01/1885-12-31

Asia: India | Anaimalai Hills

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:6321 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758
Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Tetrapoda Mammalia Proboscidea Elephantidae
Common Name(s): Asian elephant; Asiatic Elephant; Indian elephant
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog
Previous Identification
Elephas indicus
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Proboscidea Elephantidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: MCZ Ledger

  • None

  • other number: Case 447

Part Condition Disposition Count
other (dry) good deaccessioned - used up 1 History
Remarks: ivory dust sample taken from tusk
skin (mounted) unchecked deaccessioned - discarded 1 History
skull (dry) good in collection 2 History
Remarks: tusks

Attribute Value Determination On
sex male By: William T. Hornaday
Remarks: See label visible in 6321_E_maximus_disassembly_6.tif

  • None

  • See catalog, "Remarks W. T. Hornaday coll. 1885. Taken off exhibit late 1973. Discarded"

  • [Masked] reported: According to Kenton Cornish. William T. Hornaday writes about killing the elephant in the Animallai Hills in his book TWO YEARS IN THE JUNGLE (published in 1885) and mentions the hide on exhibit at the MCZ on page 217 in the book commenting (2022-07-21) New
  • [Masked] reported: Dan Kirby used zooms to identify the tusk from this specimen as African elephant. Tusk should be re-tested. commenting (2024-07-29) New

  • Continent:
  • Asia
  • Country:
  • India
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7000198 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Anaimalai Hills
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Amimallai Forest
  • Locality Remarks:
  • I was unable to locate Amimallai Forest, but Anaimalai Hills are in the gazeteer. MER/1994
  • Georeference:
  • 10.3432340°, 76.9979400° (Error radius: 22603m) By: Mark Omura on 2025-01-31 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1885-01-01 / 1885-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1885
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • Bought of Prof. Ward
  • Collector:
  • William T. Hornaday

Media type: text; Mammalogy 6301; 6302; 6303; 6304; 6305; 6306; 6309; 6310; 6311; 6312; 6313; 6314; 6315; 6316; 6319; 6320; 6321; 6325; 6307; 6308; 6317; 6318; 6322; 6323; 6324 Description: MCZ Mammalogy Mammals 002801-008925, pg.142;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mamm:6301 Bos gaurus to MCZ:Mamm:6324 Arcto...

  • Deaccessioned

  • None
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