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Museum And Arts Center, Sequim, Washington
The Sequim Museum & Arts, located in downtown Sequim, Washington, is a free-admission local history museum. Founded in 1976, the museum is home to the Manis Mastodon tusks and bones which were found at an early human encampment located on the present day Manis Mastodon site, Manis Farm, famous as one of the first-known contact between humans with a mastodon 13,000 years ago. The Manis Mastodon exhibit features a mastodon mural mounted with the remaining mastodon bones, related artifacts, and a video about the archaeological digs. Additionally, the museum is home to many local and photographs from the 19th century which showcase the prosperous Dairy, dairy industry. Models of the Puget Sound mosquito fleet, Mosquito Fleet, along with records of the Dungeness Wharf, Washington Harbor, and Port Williams, Washington, Port Williams serve as reminders of the early primary transportation to the region. The Cowan Family Collection is a rotating exhibit of natural history artifacts. The Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manis Mastodon NRHP 78002736 Clallam County, WA
''Manis'' ("Manes, spirit") is a genus of South Asian and East Asian pangolins, the Asiatic pangolins, from subfamily Maninae, within family Manidae. Taxonomy * Subfamily: Maninae (Asiatic pangolins) ** Genus: ''Manis'' (Asiatic pangolins) *** ''Indian pangolin, Manis crassicaudata'' (Indian pangolin) *** ''Chinese pangolin, Manis pentadactyla'' (Chinese pangolin) *** ''Manis aurita'' (= ''Manis indoburmanica'')Wangmo, L. K., Ghosh, A., Dolker, S., Joshi, B. D., Sharma, L. K., & Thakur, M. (2025)Indo-Burmese pangolin (''Manis indoburmanica''): a novel phylogenetic species of pangolin evolved in Asia.Mammalian Biology, 1-8. *** ''Manis mysteria'' (Cryptic pangolin)https://www.sci.news/biology/manis-mysteria-12316.html *** †''Manis hungarica'' *** †''Manis lydekkeri'' *** Subgenus: ''Paramanis'' **** ''Philippine pangolin, Manis culionensis'' (Philippine pangolin) **** ''Sunda pangolin, Manis javanica'' (Sunda pangolin) **** †''Manis palaeojavanica'' (Giant asian pangolin) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
