Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
June 1, 1808
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 31
Additional Source Text:
Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 22 July 1808 adds: ("since dead)."
Specimen Type:
Live (presumably eventually taxidermied/preserved)
Current Common Name:
American alligator
Current Scientific Name
Alligator mississippiensis
