Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
December 20, 1824
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 125
Notes:
The pink fairy armadillo (Chlamyphorus truncatus) or pichiciego is the smallest species of armadillo (mammals of the families Chamyphoridae and Dasypodidae, recognized by a bony armor shell). It was first described and illustrated by Richard Harlan (based on this specimen) in "Description of a New Genus of Mammiferous Quadrupeds, of the Order Edenta," in Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New-York, 1 (1824-1825): 235-246 and plates 19 and 20, pictured here. He described the donor as "a young but zealous naturalist" / https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044092768159?urlappend=%3Bseq=261
The mounted specimen was given to the Academy of Natural Sciences in October 1849. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 4 (1848-1849): 241
The donor may have been Philadelphia saddler Willilam H. Colesberry.
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Peale's Common Name:
Pichicuago
Current Common Name:
Pink fairy armadillo
Current Scientific Name
Chlamyphorus truncatus
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