Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
October 12, 1807
Primary Source Reference:
Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia), 12 Oct 1807
Additional Source Text:
Notes:
The Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), also known as the Asiatic elephant, is the only living species of the genus Elephas and is distributed throughout the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, from India in the west, Nepal in the north, Sumatra in the south, and to Borneo in the east.
The donor was probably a Philadelphia grocer.
Specimen Type:
Individual parts
Peale's Common Name:
Asiatic Elephant
Current Common Name:
Asian elephant
Current Scientific Name
Elephas maximus
