Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
February 7, 1806
Primary Source Reference:
United States Gazette (Philadelphia), 7 Feb 1806
Additional Source Text:
Notes:
Lewis and Clark sent a shipment to Jefferson from Fort Mandan in April 1805 that included "Skins of Male and female Braro, or burrowing Dog of the Praries, with the Skeleton of the female" and "a liveing burrowing Squirel of the praries." The shipment arrived in Washington in August, while Jefferson was at Monticello. (Jefferson Papers, Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/99-01-02-1507. [This is an Early Access document from The Papers of Thomas Jefferson.]) Jefferson forwarded these to Peale, who reported (3 Nov 1805) that the "several skins" would be valuable additions to his Museum even though some parts of them were in bad condition "owing to the Moth & Dermest having made great havock."
Titian Ramsay Peale later depicted the badgers during his service with the Long Expedition, 1819-1820.
See the article on the badger by Joseph Mussulman at https://www.lewis-clark.org/article/339
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Peale's Common Name:
Badger
Current Common Name:
American badger
Current Scientific Name
Taxidea taxus
