Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.14107

    Giant anteater

    Date
    1751
    Creator
    Johann Christoph Syfang (1703 - 1757, German) , Engraver
    Object type
    Library reference
    46771
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 257mm
    width (print): 397mm
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    Content object
    nature
       > landscape
          > anteater
    Description
    Zoological study of the giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) native to Central and South America. Side view of the animal, shown consuming insects and in a natural setting.

    Plate 4 from the book Quadrupedum disposition brevisque histroria naturalis, by J T Klein (Leipzig, 1751). Inscribed below: ‘Syfang Sc.’

    Jacob Theodore Klein (1685-1759) German naturalist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1729.
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