Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
October 6, 1805
Primary Source Reference:
Thomas Jefferson to Charles Willson Peale, 6 Oct 1805; Selected Papers, 2, part 2: 894
Notes:
Lewis and Clark sent a shipment to Jefferson from Fort Mandan in April 1805 that included "2 Cases Skins of the white hare" and two skeletons of the animal, which Jefferson forwarded to Peale.
Specimen Type:
Skins | Skeletons/skulls/bones
Peale's Common Name:
White hare
Current Common Name:
White-tailed jackrabbit
Current Scientific Name
Lepus townsendii
