Woolly mouse opossum
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
Content object
Description
Zoological study of a woolly mouse opossum, Marmosa demerarae, referred to here as Didelphis cinerea, shown in left profile, perched on a branch. The woolly mouse opossum occurs in central Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, eastern Peru, northern Bolivia and northern Brazil.
Inscribed above: ‘Biol Centr Am. Mammalia Tab. 21’
Below: ‘DIDELPHIS CINEREA.
J. Smit. Lith. Hanhart imp.’
Table 21 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.
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.
Inscribed above: ‘Biol Centr Am. Mammalia Tab. 21’
Below: ‘DIDELPHIS CINEREA.
J. Smit. Lith. Hanhart imp.’
Table 21 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.
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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