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Anders Silfvergrip anders.silfvergrip at NRM.SE
Thu Dec 10 09:20:17 CST 1998


>As pointed out by John Bruner, within the ASIH list there is no GMNH.
>However, there is (was) a GNHM that was used to refer to the
>Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, in Goteborg, SWEDEN by some. Could these
>have been confused?


Just a detail, the Swedish name of the natural history museum in Goteborg
(Gothenburg) is "Naturhistoriska museet", whereas the Swedish Museum of
Natural History in Stockholm is "Naturhistoriska riksmuseet". The prefix
"riks-" may perhaps best be translated with a "National".

Anders Silfvergrip
Department of Vertebrate Zoology
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm, Sweden




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