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Great Curassow (mounted taxidermy)

Object Status:

Extant

Accession Date:

By 1799

Notes:

Peale's reference to "pl. enl. 123?" is an evident error, because the "Hocco de Perou" appeared on Pl. Enl. 125 in Martinet's Planches enluminées (shown here).

Specimen Type:

Live (later taxidermied)

Current Common Name:

Great Curassow

Current Scientific Name

Cracidae | Crax rubra