Reproduction
Object numberRCSOM/A 169.83
Scientific nameAiluropoda melanoleuca
CollectionOdontological
CategoryDry preparations
Object nameSkull, Un-mounted dry bone
DescriptionSkull of an elderly adult female giant panda.
Calvarium sectioned and remains disarticulated. From a panda named 'Ming' purchased by the London Zoo from Floyd Tangier Smith in 1939. She was one of the first pandas ever seen in Britain along with the other Tangier Smith animals Sung, Tang, Happy and Grandma. Ming died at the London Zoo, approx 7 years of age, on Boxing Day 1944. She was purchased for anatomical study by the College through Alexander Cave. She was autopsied and her brain and spleen retained for the collections.
purchased
Zoological Society of London (1949)
Related objectsRCSHM/D 369.2RCSHM/L b168.2
Physical Location
LocationNot on public display: contact museum for access conditions
Physical Information
Physical descriptionDry
Materialpolythene
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Bibliography
SourceOM Systematic Cat.
Volume 15
NotesLoose-leaf systematic catalogue of Odontological Collection, prepared 1974-1982. See attached pdf for details.
