Great Argus (NHMW-Zoo-VS 70946 & 70947)3D Model
3D scan of the argus pheasant pair Argusianus argus. The great argus lives in the rainforests of Borneo, Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula in southeast Asia. They can grow up to 2 meters in length and are therefore among the largest of the pheasant species. This pair lived in the Schönbrunn Zoo in Vienna, Austria, and is part of the museum’s collection since 1932.
The argus pheasant is Number 79 of the NHM Top 100 and can be found in Hall 31 of the NHM Vienna.
Specimen: Argusianus argus Rafinesque, 1815
Inventory number: NHMW-Zoo-VS 70946 & 70947
Collection: Natural History Museum Vienna, 1st Zoological Dept., Bird Coll. (curator: Swen Renner)
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Scanned and edited by Emil Fitzenreiter & Anna Haider (NHMW)
Scanner: Artec Leo. Infrastructure funded by the FFG.
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