Pets left behind by the Treasure Fleet
(a) Tame ducks
Central and S America
(Note: Mendoza – Ducks kept bugs off rice. Some ships carried 4000 in one cage – Ibn Battuta)
Distribution of Tame Curassows and Tree Ducks
| Place | Curassows | Tree Ducks |
| Guyana | Hausisi | Wis-sisi |
| Orinoco | Wicisisi | |
| Gran Camaro | Hauishi | Huisisi |
| /Mato Grosso | Bichichi | |
| Trinidad | Paui | Uikiki |
| Venezuela | Paujil | Uisisia Pisisi |
| Panama | Pahuil | Guichichi |
| San Salvador | Pahuil | Pishishi |
| Chiapas | Painil | Pichichi |
| Yucatan | Pauju | Pichichi |
| Mexico | Paujjil | Pichichi |
| Mexico | Not found | Pechechene |
| Falklands | Not found | Steamer Duck |
| Parana/Uraguay Rivers | Not found | Gaguasa |
| Puerto Rico | Not found | Yagnasa |
| Hispaniola | Not found | Yaguasa |
| Cuba | Not found | Naguasa |
| Campbell Island (NZ) |
Not found | Flightless teal |
| Hawaii | Not found | Flightless geese. |
= Tree ducks & Curassows
= Curassows only
= Tree Ducks only
SOURCE: Glenn R Whitley
Anthropological Journal of Canada Vol 12, 1974
Save for Falklands, Campbell Island and Hawaii (GM).
See also Mendoza (para. 5.6. above) at p. 152
(b) Monkeys as pets
(i) Monkey carvings, Columbia River, Washington State, Ancient Man, a handbook of puzzling artefacts by W N Corliss, 1978, p. 478 (Willard S Bacon).
(ii) Ochanahoen, Virginia – “people take monkeys into interior” (W M Strachey).
Related galleries: Jade
