Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
October 24, 1812
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 63
Additional Source Text:
"When present, the antlers are small, simple spikes."
Notes:
What Peale called the Cervus mexicanus (Mexican deer) is now known as the red brocket deer (Mazama americana). The Museum specimen could also possibly have been the white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), also known as the whitetail or Virginia deer; both species could have been found in Suriname. See Wilfred H. Osgood, "The Status of Pennant's 'Mexican Deer'," Journal of Mammology, 1, no. 2 (Feb 1920): 75-78 and plate 4 / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52848042
Sebastian Albert, Baron von Sack (1757-1829) was a German explorer and a chamberlain of Prussian nobility. He traveled to Surinam in 1805, where he made observations of the fauna, flora and local customs of the population. On his return journey back to Europe, he visited Washington D.C., Philadelphia, New York City, and Boston.He published an account of his travels, which was translated into English and published as A Narrative of a Voyage to Surinam; Of a Residence There During 1805, 1806 and 1807; And of the Author's Return to Europe by the Way of North America (London, 1810).
Specimen Type:
Individual parts
Peale's Common Name:
Stag
Peale's Scientific Name:
Cervus mexicanus
Current Common Name:
Red brocket deer
Current Scientific Name
Mazama americana
