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Thorsen, L.E. 2006. The hippopotamus in Florentine Zoological Museum “La Specola”: a discussion of stuffed animals as sources of cultural history. Museologia scientifica 21 (2): 269-281.

The hippopotamus in Florentine Zoological Museum “La Specola”: a discussion of stuffed animals as sources of cultural history

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