Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
1818
Primary Source Reference:
Thomas Say and George Ord, "Description of a New Species of Mammalia, whereon a Genus is Proposed to Be Founded," Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, vol. 4, part 2 (1825): 352-355 / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24655470
Additional Source Text:
"We brought three specimens of it from East Florida, in the year 1818, and deposited them in the Philadelphia Museum."
Notes:
See also Richard Harlan, Fauna Americana: Being a Description of the Mammiferous Animals Inhabiting North America (Philadelphia, 1825), pp. 138-140, where he assigns the name Arvicola hortensis / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3194438
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Peale's Scientific Name:
Sigmodon hispidum
Current Common Name:
Hispid cotton rat
Current Scientific Name
Sigmodon hispidus
