Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
By 1796
Primary Source Reference:
A Scientific and Descriptive Catalogue of Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, 1796), p. 10
Additional Source Text:
"It appears to resemble the Alouatte of Buffon, red monkey of Cayenne, (from whence this was brought), or Simia seniculus of Lin. more than any other."
Notes:
Buffon's Alouatte is pictured here, from his Histoire Naturelle Générale et Particuliere, vol. 7 (Amsterdam 1755)
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Peale's Common Name:
Red monkey of Cayenne
Peale's Scientific Name:
Simia seniculus Lin.
Current Common Name:
Venezuelan Red Howler
Current Scientific Name
Alouatta seniculus
