Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
By 1806
Primary Source Reference:
"Walk through the Phila[delphi]a Museum" (1805-1806), pp. 40-41
Additional Source Text:
"Of the River Horse (Hippopotamus) we have only the Skull of a small one, and this is important to the Museum to have the fragment of so large a species of Animal that walks on the bottom of Rivers, and especially as it is so little known even in Europe."
Specimen Type:
Skeletons/skulls/bones
Peale's Scientific Name:
Hippopotamus
Current Common Name:
Hippopotamus
Current Scientific Name
Hippopotamus amphibius
