Bogor Zoology Museum is a museum located to the next of the main entrance of the Bogor Botanical Gardens in the city of

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. The museum and its laboratory were founded in 1894 by government of

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during the colonial era. It contain one of the largest collection of preserved

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specimens in

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History

Bogor Zoology Museum was founded by Dr. J.C. Koningsberger in August 1894, and was originally just a small

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at the corner of the Bogor Botanical Garden (formerly known as ''Lands Plantentuin''). The first laboratory was known as (agriculture and zoological laboratory), which focussed on insect

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in plants. Inspired by his visit to

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in 1898, J. Koningsberger went to collect Animals specimen for researches with assistance of Dr Melchior Treub. At the end of August 1901, a building was completed to house the zoological museum, to be known as . In 1906 the museum and the laboratory were combined, and renamed . In 1912 at the museum,

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wrote the first scientific description of

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. The museum has been known by its current name since Indonesia gained its independence in 1950. In 1987 the institution known as Zoologicum Bogoriense was renamed Research association and zoology development ''(Balai Penelitian dan Pengembangan Zoologi)'' which is under ''Pusat Penelitian dan pengembangan biologi'' (Puslitbang Biologi) (institute of research and development of biology). The collection currently held by the museum was enhanced in 1997 using grants from the world bank and the Japanese government.

Collection

The Bogor Zoological Museum has an area of , and contains one of the most extensive fauna collection in Asia. There are 24 rooms in the museum, which is maintained at a constant temperature of to help protect the exhibits in its collection. The museum collection includes fossilised and preserved animals:Museum Zoologi Bogor
museumindonesia.com * Mammals – 650 species and 30,000 specimens, including a rare mounted specimen of a Javan rhinoceros (''Rhinoceros sondaicus'') * Birds – 1000 species and 30,762 specimens * Reptiles and amphibians – 763 species and 19,937 specimens * Insects – 12000 species and 2,580,000 specimens * Molluscs – 959 species and 13,146 specimens * Other invertebrates – 700 species and 15,558 specimens There is also a skeleton of a

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(''Balaenoptera musculus''), the biggest of its kind in Indonesia.

References

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