Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
March 23, 1821
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 112
Additional Source Text:
"Zoological Specimen . . . prepared by Titian Peale, Assistant Naturalist, for the Exploring Expedition, and deposited in the Philadelphia Museum by Major S. H. Long. Maj. U.S. Eng[ineers pursuant to instructions of the Secretary of War."
Notes:
This was a fawn of the Columbian black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus, one of two subspecies of the mule deer (Odocoileus hemionu). It is found in western North America.
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Peale's Common Name:
Black-tail deer
Current Common Name:
Black-tail deer
Current Scientific Name
Odocoileus hemionus columbianus
