Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
By 1799
Primary Source Reference:
Natural History Lecture No. 2 (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University)
Additional Source Text:
"Mongoose or Wooly Maucauco. & the only one I have of this genus. It was a good natured, playful animal. Please to observe the head, what a projected snout, how different from the Monkey – but the feet are much like the Monkey; having toes resembling fingers. This pretty animal, with its tail almost constantly erect; sharp Visage; bright orange coloured eyes; and with all the activity of the Monkey, gave it a curious and singular appearance. Its hair tho short is remarkably thick sett and of a fine texture."
United States Gazette (Philadelphia), 7 Feb 1806 adds: "This beautiful animal in its habits is allied to the Monkey."
Notes:
On 16 July 1805 the Peale Museum received "A living Ring-tail Maucauco. Catta (Linn. 216, p. 22)" from a person named Shull. Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 6
Specimen Type:
Living/Live (presumably eventually taxidermied/preserved)
Peale's Common Name:
Ring-tailed maucauco
Peale's Scientific Name:
Lemur Mongoz
Current Common Name:
Ring-tailed lemur
Current Scientific Name
Lemur catta
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