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Charles Zidar
ANCIENT MAYA ZOOLOGICAL RESEARCH |
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| Family: | Buthidae | | Genus: | Centruroides | | Species: | gracilis | | Common Name: | Slender Brown Scorpion or Florida Bark Scorpion | | Maya Name: | Síina’an, Ek’chuah | | Faunal Type: | Insect | | Depictions: | Polychrome Ceramics | | Significance: | Scorpions were present in Maya constellations and appear in the codices, linked to the hunt and water (Tozzer and Allen 1910). | | Photos: | Click on an image below for high resolution comparison. |
Other Faunal Photos: Additional views of the faunal species, click on a photo below to view larger image. |  | | Artifact Photo(s) Courtesy of Justin Kerr (FAMSI); Animal Photo(s) Courtesy of Wikipedia GNU General Public License Version 1.2, November 2002; Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0/2.5 License(s). |
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