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What Maputo’s collections record

Maputo’s Natural History Museum lists 14 elephant foetuses spanning gestation months one to twenty-two. The CFM Museum is housed in the central station, while a botanical directory records Tunduru’s location and collections.

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Metal roof trusses, arched upper wall and windows at Maputo railway station
Roof trusses and arched windows at Maputo railway station.Photograph: Ana Raquel S. Hernandes

At a glance

Elephant foetuses listed
14, spanning gestation months 1–22[1]
CFM Museum opening
2015, inside Maputo Central Railway Station[2]
Tunduru directory entry
Directory entry: municipal garden on Avenida Samora Machel, founded 1885; 41 plant families recorded[3]

A place worth remembering

A specimen record of elephant gestation

Among the museum’s scientific holdings is a series of 14 elephant foetuses spanning gestation from the first through the 22nd month.[1]

Railway history in the central station

The CFM Museum opened inside Maputo Central Railway Station in 2015. The railway operator dates the station’s inauguration to 1910 and the completion of construction works to 1916.[2]

Tunduru’s garden directory entry

The botanic-garden directory hosted by the Convention on Biological Diversity classifies Tunduru as a municipal garden and places it on Avenida Samora Machel. It gives 1885 as the founding year and records 41 plant families among the collections.[3]

Good to know

A few clear answers before you explore.

What does Maputo’s natural-history museum list about elephant gestation?

The museum lists 14 foetuses spanning the first through the 22nd month.[1]

Where is the CFM Museum housed?

Inside Maputo Central Railway Station; CFM dates the museum’s opening to 2015.[2]

What does the directory record about Tunduru?

It lists a municipal garden on Avenida Samora Machel, founded in 1885, and records 41 plant families in the collections.[3]

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