Thylacines (Tasmanian Wolves) at the National Zoo
Object Details
- Author
- Unknown
- Subject
- National Zoological Park (U.S.) Animal House
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- Image was originally published in the Smithsonian Institution Annual Report, 1903, p.66.
- Summary
- Two thylacines, a wolflike marsupial of the forest areas of Tasmania, often called Tasmanian Wolves, stand in the doorway to their outside enclosure at the original Animal House at the National Zoological Park.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 49, Folder: 18
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- c. 1903
- Standard number
- SIA2007-0070 or 94-12588 or NZP 139
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Exterior
- Photographic print
- Animal, candid
- Physical description
- Color: Black and White; Size: 7w x 4h; Type of Image: Animal, candid; Medium: Photographic print
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Tasmanian Wolves
- Zoo exhibits
- Animals
- Zoos
- Animal cages
- Thylacine
- Marsupials
- Record ID
- siris_sic_9311
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
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