Giant anteater
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                                1751
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                Johann Christoph Syfang (1703 - 1757, German) , Engraver
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                46771
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                height (print): 257mm
width (print): 397mm
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                            width (print): 397mm
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                                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.
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            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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