Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
August 28, 1792
Primary Source Reference:
Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 28 Aug 1792
Notes:
North American reindeer are caribou (Rangifer tarandus). Caribou belong to the deer family and like all members of this family, they grow and shed their antlers each year. However, caribou are the only species in which both sexes grow antlers. The annual growth and shedding of the antlers differs between the sexes. (https://www.denali.org/denalis-natural-history/caribou/)
Peale showed the reindeer antlers during his Natural History Lecture No. 8 (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University), in which he also gave an extensive descritiption of the animal.
Specimen Type:
Individual parts
Current Common Name:
Caribou
Current Scientific Name
Rangifer tarandus
