Maned rat
Date
1867
Creator
J Huet (French) , Lithographer
Object type
Library reference
RCN8171
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 294mm
width (print): 225mm
width (print): 225mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Zoological study of the Maned rat or Crested rat Lophiomys imhausi, a rodent native to East Africa. Side view, with three details of the animal’s paws.
Plate 6 accompanying the paper Mémoire sur le type d’une nouvelle famille de l‘ordre des rongeurs’, by Alphonse Milne-Edwards, Nouvelles archives du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle…’ v.3 (Paris, 1867) pp.81-118.
Inscribed above: ‘Nouvelles archives du Muséum. Mémoires. Tom.III. Pl.6’ Inscribed below: ‘Lophyiomys Imhausii, Alph. Milne-Edw. Huet Pinxt. G. Severeyns, Chromolith., Brux.’
Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835-1900) French mammalogist and ornithologist.
Plate 6 accompanying the paper Mémoire sur le type d’une nouvelle famille de l‘ordre des rongeurs’, by Alphonse Milne-Edwards, Nouvelles archives du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle…’ v.3 (Paris, 1867) pp.81-118.
Inscribed above: ‘Nouvelles archives du Muséum. Mémoires. Tom.III. Pl.6’ Inscribed below: ‘Lophyiomys Imhausii, Alph. Milne-Edw. Huet Pinxt. G. Severeyns, Chromolith., Brux.’
Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835-1900) French mammalogist and ornithologist.
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