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CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia CommonsIMAGE INFORMATION

Cistudo pennsylvanica

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

March 23, 1821

Primary Source Reference:

Thomas Say, "On the Fresh Water and Land Tortoises of the United States," Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, vol. 4, part 2 (1825): 2003-219, esp. 216 / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24655334

Additional Source Text:

On the accession date the Museum received this "Zoological Specimen . . . prepared by Titian Peale, Assistant Naturalist, for the Exploring Expedition, and deposited in the Philadelphia Museum by Major S. H. Long. Maj. U.S. Eng[ineers] pursuant to instructions of the Secretary of War." Accessions Book, 112

Specimen Type:

Dead/preserved

Current Common Name:

Eastern mud turtle

Current Scientific Name

Kinosternon subrubrum