Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
By 1826
Primary Source Reference:
John D. Godman, American Natural History. Part I. Mastology, 3 vols. (Philadelphia, 1826-1828), 2: 128-129 / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49165826
Additional Source Text:
"The colour varies from white to pale gray and black; various shades of red, mottled, like the cats called 'tortoise shell,') and in short, of all the intermediate hues. This is fully shown in the Philadelphia Museum, where nearly all the varieties just mentioned may be seen."
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Peale's Common Name:
Fox squirrel
Peale's Scientific Name:
Sciurus vulpinus
Current Common Name:
Eastern fox squirrel
Current Scientific Name
Sciurus niger vulpinus
