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
