Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
By 1806
Primary Source Reference:
"Walk through the Phil[adelphi]a Museum" (1805-1806), p. 26
Additional Source Text:
"Is perhaps the smallest of quadrupeds, weighing about 1/2 a dram. It belongs to this country as well as to Russia, but whether they are exactly alike we are uncertain."
In his sixth lecture on natural history (1799) Peale noted that the specimen "was found in the City of Philadelphia. . . . They are also found in Russia."
Notes:
The American pygmy shrew (Sorex hoyi) is a small shrew found in Northern Alaska, Canada, and the northern United States, south through the Appalachian Mountains. The species found in Russia is the Eurasian pygmy shrew (Sorex minutus).
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
