Porcupine Mouse squirrel Otter Mole Hedgehog Antique Mammal Print 1857

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Fig. 1. Chinchilla lanigera chinchilla 2a. Cavia cobaya Guinea pig 2b. Lagomys alpinus pika 3a. Cercolabes villosus Brazil porcupine 36. See 16 (mistake of the engraver's). 4. Hystrix cristatus European porcupine 5. Halamy caffer Cape jerboa 6. Mus sylvaticus field mouse 7. Mus rattus black rat 8. Mus musculus common mouse 9. Cricetus vulgaris hamster 10. Myoxus glis dormouse 11. Arctomys alpinus marmot 12 13. Pteromys volucella flying squirrel 14. Sciurus carolinensis grey squirrel 15. Sciurus maximus Malabar squirrel 16. Lutra vulgaris European otter 17. Talpa europaea European mole 18. Erinaceus europseus European hedgehog
Iconographic Encyclopaedia of Science Literature and Art by JG Heck Issued 1857 New York

In VG condition or better age toning to edges well worthy of hanging for display.

Sheet measures c. 11 3/4 x 9 1/4