Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
By 1799
Primary Source Reference:
Natural History Lecture No. 9 (1799), Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University"; Walk through the Phil[adelphi]a Museum" (1805-1806), p. 38
Additional Source Text:
"It is a native of Africa. The horns with Rings at their base and smooth at the points – Ruddy hair, white under the belly, and a dark stripe on each side extending the whole length of the body. It is called the barbary Antelope by Pennant, Gazelle in Buff: and Dorcas of Linnaeus."
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Peale's Common Name:
Barbarian antelope
Peale's Scientific Name:
Antilope Dorcas
Current Common Name:
Dorcas gazelle
Current Scientific Name
Gazella dorcas
