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corine

Andrzej Barabasz (Chepry), CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons / https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Gazella_rufifrons_AB.jpg

IMAGE INFORMATION

The Antelope, or Corine of Mons. Buffon, an inhabitant of Senegal

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

January 23, 1792

Primary Source Reference:

Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 23 Jan 1792

Additional Source Text:

Also listed in New-York Daily Gazette, 28 Jan 1792 and Argus (Boston), 10 Feb 1792

Notes:

What Buffon called the corine was the red-fronted gazelle (Eudorcas rufifrons), also known as the korin.

The donor was "of Salem, Mass."

Peale's Common Name:

Antelope

Current Common Name:

Red-fronted gazelle

Current Scientific Name

Eudorcas rufifrons