Alagoas Curassow / Mitu mitu
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Alagoas Curassow
SCI Name:
Protonym: Crax Mitu Syst.Nat.ed.12 ed.12 p.270
Taxonomy: Galliformes / Cracidae / Mitu
Taxonomy Code: alacur1
Type Locality: Brazil and Guiana = northeastern Brazil, ex Marcgrave.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1766
IUCN Status: Extinct in the Wild
DEFINITIONS
MITU
(Cracidae; Ϯ Alagoas Curassow M. mitu) Specific name Crax mitu Linnaeus, 1766; the Alagoas Curassow is now extinct in the wild: less than 50 pure-bred birds exist in private aviaries; "CXCVIII.e Genre. HOCCAN; Mitu, Marcg. Pauxi, Pauxi, Temm., Gal. Bec très-haut, très-comprimé, convexe, à arête vive, en lame saillante et très-convexe, comme dentée; la mandibule inférieure courte, peu haute, obtuse; narines arrondies, percées en avant d'une membrane poilue, couvrant des fosses nasales peu saillantes; joues emplumées; tarses hauts, robustes, à scutelles en plaque; ailes amples, concaves. Queue moyenne, arrondie. Le HOCCAN; Crax galeata, Lath.; Ourax mitu, Temm., pl. col., 153; Crax tomentosa, Spix, pl. 63" (Lesson 1831); "Mitu Lesson, Traité d'Orn., livr. 7, 1831, p. 485. Type, by tautonymy Ourax mitu Temminck = Crax mitu Linné." (Peters 1934, II, 9).
Var. Mitua.
mitu
Tupí names Mitú, Mutú or Mutúm black (bird), for the curassows (cf. Wayāpi name Mitü); ex “Mitu” or “Mutu” of Marcgrave 1648 (Mitu).
MITU
(Cracidae; Ϯ Alagoas Curassow M. mitu) Specific name Crax mitu Linnaeus, 1766; the Alagoas Curassow is now extinct in the wild: less than 50 pure-bred birds exist in private aviaries; "CXCVIII.e Genre. HOCCAN; Mitu, Marcg. Pauxi, Pauxi, Temm., Gal. Bec très-haut, très-comprimé, convexe, à arête vive, en lame saillante et très-convexe, comme dentée; la mandibule inférieure courte, peu haute, obtuse; narines arrondies, percées en avant d'une membrane poilue, couvrant des fosses nasales peu saillantes; joues emplumées; tarses hauts, robustes, à scutelles en plaque; ailes amples, concaves. Queue moyenne, arrondie. Le HOCCAN; Crax galeata, Lath.; Ourax mitu, Temm., pl. col., 153; Crax tomentosa, Spix, pl. 63" (Lesson 1831); "Mitu Lesson, Traité d'Orn., livr. 7, 1831, p. 485. Type, by tautonymy Ourax mitu Temminck = Crax mitu Linné." (Peters 1934, II, 9).
Var. Mitua.
mitu
Tupí names Mitú, Mutú or Mutúm black (bird), for the curassows (cf. Wayāpi name Mitü); ex “Mitu” or “Mutu” of Marcgrave 1648 (Mitu).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
