BARNUM'S AMERICAN MUSEUM
Ann & Broadway/Canal & Broadway
Manhattan - New York USA
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BELUGAS (Delphinapterus leucas)
Picture Name ID # Sex Acquisition Date Dam Sire Date of Death
Barnum Whale 1
(1861)		 N/A ? Aug 02 1861 (W) Wild Wild Aug 09 1861
Barnum Whale 2
(1861)		 N/A ? Aug 02 1861 (W) Wild Wild Aug 10 1861
Barnum Whale 3
(1861)		 N/A ? ??? ?? 1861 (W) Wild Wild ??? ?? 1861
Barnum Whale 4
(1861)		 N/A ? ??? ?? 1861 (W) Wild Wild ??? ?? 1861
Barnum Whale 5
(1861)		 N/A ? ??? ?? 1861 (W) Wild Wild ??? ?? 1861
Barnum Whale 6
(1861-1865)		 N/A ? ??? ?? ???? (W) Wild Wild ??? ?? ????
Barnum Whale 7
(1865)		 N/A M ??? ?? 1865 (W) Wild Wild ??? ?? 1865
Barnum Whale 8
(1865)		 N/A ? ??? ?? 1865 (W) Wild Wild Jul 13 1865
Barnum Whale 9
(1865)		 N/A ? ??? ?? 1865 (W) Wild Wild Jul 13 1865
Barnum Whale 10
(1867-1868)		 N/A ? ??? ?? 1867 (W) Wild Wild Mar ?? 1868
Barnum Whale 11
(1867-1868)		 N/A ? ??? ?? ???? (W) Wild Wild Mar ?? 1868

*NOTE - this list compiles only known individuals indentified through archival newspapers, whales #1 & #2 died one and two days after arriving at the museum, whales #3 & #4 died soon after capture and never made it to the museum, whale #5 was captured after Aug 1861 and was in the Museum during Nov 1861. Whales #8 & #9 died in the first museum fire. Whales #10 & #11 were exhibited at the Canal & Broadway location, they also died in a fire.

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