Shrews
Date
1879
Creator
Joseph Smit (1836 - 1929, Dutch) , Illustrator
Creator - Organisation
M & N Hanhart, Lithographer
Object type
Library reference
41158
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 241mm
width (page): 310mm
width (page): 310mm
Subject
Description
Zoological study of a Verapaz shrew, Sorex veraepacis, found in Guatemala and Mexico, and a species of short-tailed shrew, Blarina micrura. The Verapaz [left as viewed] is depicted with an earthworm hanging from its mouth, while the short-tailed [right as viewed] appears to be contemplating the earthworm before it. The shrews appear on uneven, slightly grassy ground in front of a large boulder.
Table 5 from Biologia centrali-Americana; or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and central America, the Mammalia volume, authored by Edward Aliston and co-edited by Frederick Du Cane Godman and Osbert Salvin.
Inscribed above: ‘Biol Centr Am Mammalia Tab 5’, and below: ‘J Smit lith 1. SOREX VERAEPACIS 2. BLARINA MICRURA Hanhart imp. 128’.
Frederick Du Cane Godman (1834-1919) British entomologist and ornithologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1882.
Osbert Salvin (1835-1898) British naturalist and ornithologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1873.
Table 5 from Biologia centrali-Americana; or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and central America, the Mammalia volume, authored by Edward Aliston and co-edited by Frederick Du Cane Godman and Osbert Salvin.
Inscribed above: ‘Biol Centr Am Mammalia Tab 5’, and below: ‘J Smit lith 1. SOREX VERAEPACIS 2. BLARINA MICRURA Hanhart imp. 128’.
Frederick Du Cane Godman (1834-1919) British entomologist and ornithologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1882.
Osbert Salvin (1835-1898) British naturalist and ornithologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1873.
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