Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
June 13, 1821
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 114
Notes:
A. R. Perkins had tried to procure a living example of this animal for the Museum "but the person in whose possession it is at present does not like to part with it," so he sent the skin instead, adding, "I rather think you will receive the living one before long." Perkins to RuP, 11 June 1821; Selected Papers 4: 57-58
Specimen Type:
Skins
