Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
By 1825
Primary Source Reference:
George Ord, "Account of a New Species of the Genus Arvicola," Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, vol. 4, part 2 (1825): 305-306 / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24655423
Additional Source Text:
"I have deposited specimens of this Arvicola in the Philadelphia Museum."
Notes:
See also Richard Harlan, Fauna Americana: Being a Description of the Mammiferous Animals Inhabiting North America (Philadelphia, 1825), pp. 136-138 (where he designates this species Arvicola palustris) / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3194437
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Peale's Scientific Name:
Arvicola riparius
Current Common Name:
Meadow vole
Current Scientific Name
Microtus pennsylvanicus
