Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
February 17, 1795
Primary Source Reference:
Gazette of the United States (Philadelphia), 17 Feb 1795
Additional Source Text:
"This tooth, compared with those found at the Salt Licks, on the Ohio, clearly proves, that those animals which formerly inhabited America, were not Elephants."
The donor is described as "of New-York."
Notes:
The Scientific and Descriptive Catalogue of Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, 1796), p. 19 includes a grinder and tail of an elephant ("Elephans maximus, Lin.") given by Henry Laurens of South Carolina.
Specimen Type:
Individual parts
Peale's Common Name:
Elephant
Peale's Scientific Name:
Elephans maximus, Lin.
Current Common Name:
Elephant
Current Scientific Name
Elephas
