Coypu
Date
1805
Creator
Wilson Lowry (1762 - 1824, British) , Engraver
Object type
Library reference
9183
Material
Dimensions
height (print): 128mm
width (print): 210mm
width (print): 210mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Zoological study of a Coypu, or Nutria, Myocastor coypus (here referred to as Hydromis coypou), originally native to South America.
The accompanying article states that: ‘Molina and d’Azzara agree in regard to the mild qualities by which the coypu is distinguished. It eats every thing given to it, and seems to attach itself to those who take care of it. It may be easily tamed…The coypu is very common in the provinces of Chili, Buenos-Ayres, and Tucuman.’.
Plate 6, illustrating the paper: ‘Memoir of a new genus of mammalia called Hydromis. By E. Geoffroy. The Philosophical Magazine…[edited] by Alexander Tilloch, v.22, (1805) pp.328-334.
Inscribed above: ‘Philo. Mag. Vol. XXII Pl.VI.’. Inscribed below: ‘Hydromis Coypou. 88’.
Wilson Lowry (1762-1824), British engraver and geologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1812.
Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772-1844), French naturalist.
The accompanying article states that: ‘Molina and d’Azzara agree in regard to the mild qualities by which the coypu is distinguished. It eats every thing given to it, and seems to attach itself to those who take care of it. It may be easily tamed…The coypu is very common in the provinces of Chili, Buenos-Ayres, and Tucuman.’.
Plate 6, illustrating the paper: ‘Memoir of a new genus of mammalia called Hydromis. By E. Geoffroy. The Philosophical Magazine…[edited] by Alexander Tilloch, v.22, (1805) pp.328-334.
Inscribed above: ‘Philo. Mag. Vol. XXII Pl.VI.’. Inscribed below: ‘Hydromis Coypou. 88’.
Wilson Lowry (1762-1824), British engraver and geologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1812.
Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772-1844), French naturalist.
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