Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
By 1796
Primary Source Reference:
A Scientific and Descriptive Catalogue of Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, 1796), pp. 5-6
Additional Source Text:
In his Natural History Lecture No. 2 (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University), Peale wrote: "This Animal under the name of the Pig-tail Baboon in my Catalogue, is a female; I had her alive a few months. She was affectionate towards men, but Ladies dare not approach her. She was very fond of Children, and would hold them in her arms in a tender and affectionate manner. Being an Inhabitant of the warm parts of India, it could not stand our cold winter."
Notes:
The southern pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina), also known as the Sundaland pig-tailed macaque and Sunda pig-tailed macaque, is a medium-sized macaque that lives in southern Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia. It is known locally as the berok.
Specimen Type:
Living/Live (presumably eventually taxidermied/preserved)
Peale's Common Name:
Pig-tailed Monkey
Peale's Scientific Name:
Maimon, Buff.; Simia Mormon, Lin.
Current Common Name:
Southern pig-tailed macaque
Current Scientific Name
Macaca nemestrina
