Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
August 28, 1821
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 115
Notes:
Chital, also called spotted deer, or axis deer, (Cervus axis, sometimes Axis axis), is an Asiatic deer that lives in grasslands and forests in India and Sri Lanka. If the Museum specimen came from the East Indies it was likely a different species.
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Peale's Common Name:
Deer
Peale's Scientific Name:
Cervus axis
