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IMAGE INFORMATION

Living Horned Sapajou (Simia Fatuellus) brought from Risgenaro [Rio de Janeiro]

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

October 1, 1812

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 63

Notes:

The donor was Charles Willson Peale's son Charles Linnaeus Peale (1794-1832), who was named for Carl Linnaeus, the Swedish botanist and zoologist.

Specimen Type:

Living/Live (presumably eventually taxidermied/preserved)

Peale's Common Name:

Horned Sapajou

Peale's Scientific Name:

Simia fatuellus

Current Common Name:

Tufted capuchin

Current Scientific Name

Cebus apella fatuellus