Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
By 1806
Primary Source Reference:
"Walk through the Museum" (1805-1806), p. 39
Additional Source Text:
"Distinguished by its broad tail, the flesh of which is said to be a great delicacy. They are common in Syria, Barbary & Ætheopia, but generally come from the Cape of Good hope. They are not much esteemed in America."
Notes:
Probably the Afrikaner sheep (also known as Cape fat tail) is a breed of fat tailed, hair sheep indigenous to South Africa. Their ancestors were brought down from the middle east by the Khoikhoin people.
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Peale's Common Name:
Cape-sheep
Peale's Scientific Name:
Ovis capensis
Current Common Name:
Afrikaner sheep
Current Scientific Name
Ovis aries
