– EXHIBITION OVER –
Until April 21, 2024
At the Grande Galerie de l’Evolution (Paris 5th)
Until April 21, 2024
At the Grande Galerie de l’Evolution (Paris 5th)
- WE LIKE: discovering the 38 species of felines that exist on earth!
- AGE: from 5 years old
- DATES : until April 21, 2023
- OPENING HOURS : every day (except Tuesday) from 10 am to 6 pm
- LOCATION: at the Grande Galerie de l’Evolution (Paris 5th)
- DURATION : 1 hour minimum
“Felines”, the temporary exhibition of the Grande Galerie de L’évolution
38 species of felines currently live in the wild, on all continents except Australia, Madagascar and the poles. How many could you name?
The Grande Galerie de l’Evolution, located in the Jardin des Plantes , offers a fascinating exhibition on these animals that are both admired and feared.
- We know the stars : the lion, the tiger, the snow leopard, the puma, the jaguar, the leopard, the domestic cat…
- The “Felines” exhibition also presents us with more confidential species such as the fishing cat, the margay or the guigna, the ocelot, the jaguarondi, the serval, the adorable sand cat…
- Beautiful animals, big or small, with unparalleled elegance – We fall under the spell of these wild felines
- 3 main themes guide the visit: the scientific aspect of each species (its habitat, its characteristics), the sociological aspect and the mythological aspect
- The exhibition is fun and educational. It begins with a spectacular set of 38 stuffed felines, presented on a podium by geographical areas and accompanied by a digital label
- Then “The Cat Tree”, a fresco tells their evolutionary history from the Proailurus, the oldest known feline that appeared about 22 million years ago
- Many spectacular videos show us felines in search of their prey, a film alerts us to species in danger of extinction
- Interactive spaces to admire their exceptional senses: a hearing that allows felines to hear on a register from 50 kHz to 80 kHz (when humans are limited to 20 kHz); A view and whiskers to hunt at night…
- In the end, among the 38 species of feline, only the cat Felis sylvestris catus was successfully domesticated. There are 600 million domestic cats in the world, including 15 million in France
- At the end of the exhibition, a moving reconstruction shows a tomb from 9500 years ago. Discovered in Cyprus, it is the oldest known tomb with a cat
