Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
October 22, 1814
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 74
Notes:
Rheas, also known as nandus or South American ostriches, are large ratites (flightless birds without a keel on their sternum bone) in the order Rheiformes, native to South America, distantly related to the ostrich and emu.
Specimen Type:
Eggs
Current Common Name:
Rhea
Current Scientific Name
Rheiformes
