M. tomentosum M. mitu M. salvini M. tuberosum Mitu is a genus of curassows, large birds in the family Cracidae.

They are found in humid tropical forests in South America.

Their plumage is iridescent black with a white or rufous crissum (the area around the cloaca) and tail-tip, and their legs and bills are red.

The genders are alike.