Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9911
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‘Myremecophaga tamandua’ [Giant anteater] and ‘Manis javanica' [Sunda pangolin]
Date
1843
Creator
F. Keller, Lithographer
Object type
Library reference
Tracts_x169_1
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Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 195mm
width (print): 263mm
width (print): 263mm
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Description
Zoological studies of two specimens of insectivorous animals. Figure 1 is the Giant anteater (modern taxonomy Myrmecophaga tridactyla) from South America at one-quarter life size, with an inset detail of the scaly skin from the animal’s tail. The image was drawn from a stuffed specimen at Stuttgart, Germany. Figure 2 is the Sunda pangolin (Manis javanica) from South-east Asia at one-third life size.
Plate 2 from the book Atomisches untersuchungen uber die Edentaten, by Wilhelm von Rapp (Tubingen, 1843). .” Inscribed: “Taf. 2.1/4 d naturlichen Grosse. Myrmecophaga tamandua Cuv. 1/3 d naturichen Grosse manis javanica. lith. v. F.Keller. ged. u. G. Kustner.”
Plate 2 from the book Atomisches untersuchungen uber die Edentaten, by Wilhelm von Rapp (Tubingen, 1843). .” Inscribed: “Taf. 2.1/4 d naturlichen Grosse. Myrmecophaga tamandua Cuv. 1/3 d naturichen Grosse manis javanica. lith. v. F.Keller. ged. u. G. Kustner.”
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