Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
April 17, 1822
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 119
Additional Source Text:
"Dep[osite]d by Dr. R. Harlan"
Notes:
Linnaeus's Lacerta gangetica is now Gavialis gangeticus, or the gharial.
The donor, Richard Harlan (1796-1843), M.D., was an American paleontologist, anatomist, and physician. He was appointed the Peale Museum's professor of comparative anatomy in April 1821.
Current Common Name:
Gharial
Current Scientific Name
Gavialis gangeticus
