great argus pheasant (Argusianus argus)

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Subject:	great argus pheasant (Argusianus argus)
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Title: Brehms Thierleben : Allgemeine Kunde des Thierreichs
Year: 1876 (1870s)
Authors: Brehm, A. E. (Alfred Edmund Brehm), 1829-1884; Schmidt, Dr. (Eduard Oskar Schmidt), 1823-1886; Ernst Ludwig Taschenberg, 1818-1898
Subjects: Animal behavior; Zoology
Source book page: https://archive.org/stream/brehmsthierleben06brehuoft/#page/n184/mode/1up
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brehms_Thierleben_-_Allgemeine_Kunde_des_Thierreichs_(1876)_(19789890724).jpg

The great argus pheasant (Argusianus argus) is a species of pheasant. The scientific name of the Great Argus was given in reference to the many eyes-like pattern on its wings. Argus is a hundred-eyed giant in Greek mythology. The great argus is native to the jungles of Borneo, Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula in southeast Asia.

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