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IMAGE INFORMATION

1 Mexican Squirrell

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."

Specimen Type:

Dead/preserved

Peale's Common Name:

Mexican squirrel

Current Common Name:

Mexican ground squirrel

Current Scientific Name

Ictidomys mexicanus