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Was the zoo a place for science in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries? This Special Issue addresses this question with case studies that focus on individual animals such as anteaters, axolotls, dolphins, hoatzins, kangaroos, cassowaries and tarpans. The eight articles ask in how far the specific conditions of the zoo enabled but also conditioned or even impeded the generation of knowledge. And they show how closely intertwined these investigations were with issues of taxonomy, breeding, conservation and practical zoo management.

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