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toucan
IMAGE INFORMATION

Handsomely prepared skeleton of the Toucan, Dissected for the Museum

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

November 28, 1806

Primary Source Reference:

Aurora General Advertiser (Philadelphia), 28 Nov 1806

Notes:

There are more than forty species of toucan within five genera in the family Ramphastidae found from Southern Mexico, through Central America, into South America. A skeleton of a Swainson's toucan (Ramphastos ambiguus swainsonii) is pictured here.

Specimen Type:

Skeletons/skulls/bones

Peale's Common Name:

Toucan

Current Common Name:

Toucan

Current Scientific Name

Ramphastidae