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zibetha

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IMAGE INFORMATION

Zibetha, male & female

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

By 1806

Primary Source Reference:

"Walk through the Phil[adelphi]a Museum" (1805-1806), pp. 21-22

Additional Source Text:

"That valuable drug, musk is obtained, from a pouch that yields about a dram per Week, which is scraped with an Iron spatula by those who keep such Animals for profit."

Specimen Type:

Dead/preserved

Peale's Scientific Name:

Zibetha

Current Common Name:

Large Indian civet

Current Scientific Name

Viverra zibetha