Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
By 1796
Primary Source Reference:
A Scientific and Descriptive Catalogue of Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, 1796), p. 29
Additional Source Text:
In his "Walk through the Phil[adelphi]a Museum" (1805-1806), p. 19, Peale wrote that the red fox "is most in demand by Furiers and not used by Hatters, who prefer the Grey foxskins. Foxes when taken young become very familiar in confinement, but the Instant they get loose, are apt to bite those who attempt to catch them."
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Gray fox
Current Scientific Name
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
