Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
By 1796
Primary Source Reference:
A Scientific and Descriptive Catalogue of Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, 1796), p. 32
Additional Source Text:
In his Natural History Lecture No. 4 (1799), Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Peale wrote: "the Cat, although an animal of Prey, is a useful domestic. It is neither wanting in sagacity nor sentiment; but its attachments are stronger to places than to persons. The Cat is handsome, light, adroit, cleanly and voluptuous; he loves ease, and searches out the softest furniture in order to repose on, and rest himself.Cats having a feeble scent, do not pursue animals which they do not see; they do not hunt, but wait and attack them by surprise."
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Peale's Common Name:
Domestic Cat
Peale's Scientific Name:
Felis Catus domesticus, Lin.
Current Common Name:
Cat
Current Scientific Name
Felis catus
