Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.18708

    Anatomy of a peccary

    Date
    1683
    Creator
    Unknown, Engraver
    Object type
    Article identifier
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (page): 150mm
    width (page): 213mm
    Subject
    Content object
    nature
       > animal
    Description
    Five figures from issue 153 of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, depicting the anatomy of a collared peccary, Pecari tajacu .

    Figure 1. Profile view of a peccary, facing right [as viewed].
    Figure 2. Skeletal view of a peccary, right [as viewed].
    Figure 3. View of the javelina scent gland as it appears on the rump.
    Figure 4. Detail view of the javelina scent gland.
    Figure 5. Anatomical study of various internal organs, including the stomack, the colon, the pancreas, the spleen, the liver etc.

    Illustrations to ‘Tajacu seu aper Mexicanus moschiferus, or the anatomy of the Mexico musk-hog, &c’ by Edward Tyson in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 13, issue 153 (20 November 1683).

    Edward Tyson (1651-1708) British physician was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1679.
    Related fellows
    Edward Tyson (1650 - 1708, British) , Physician
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