Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
By 1806
Primary Source Reference:
"Walk through the Museum" (1805-1806), pp. 34-35
Additional Source Text:
"This white Hare . . . belongs to America, but has not been long noticed. They are found in the State of Connecticut; in Northhampton County Pennsylvania, and also in Louisana. They are said to be of a brown colour in the summer season. Our Rabits are of the uniform colour of this before us, & differ essentially from that European Rabit; having 4 toes on each foot the other has 5 toes on each forefoot, besides its varigated Colours of white & black &c."
Notes:
This specimen may have been the one Thomas Jefferson sent to Peale in October 1805 from the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Selected Papers 2, part 2: 895n
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Peale's Common Name:
White hare
Peale's Scientific Name:
Lapus
Current Common Name:
White-tailed jackrabbit
Current Scientific Name
Lepus townsendii
