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Image number: RS.9926
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‘Canis ochropus’ [California valley coyote]
Date
1829
Creator
Friedrich Guimpel (1774 - 1839, German) , Engraver
Object type
Library reference
38407
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 229mm
width (print): 375mm
width (print): 375mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Zoological study of the California valley coyote (Canis latrans ochropus), native to North America.
Plate 11 from the book Zoologischer Atlas, enthaltend Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer Thierarten wahrend des Flottcapitains von Kotzebue zweiter Reise um die Welt..., by Friedrich Eschscholtz (Berlin, 1829). Inscribed “1/6. Canis ochropus Prof. F. Guimpel sc:”
Johann Friedrich Eschscholtz (1793-1831) Livonian physician, botanist and zoologist, was naturalist aboard two expeditions led by Otto von Kotzebue (1787-1846). The Rurik expedition 1815-1818 and the Predpriaetie 1823-1826 both circumnavigated the world and collected scientific specimens. These are from the second expedition.
Plate 11 from the book Zoologischer Atlas, enthaltend Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer Thierarten wahrend des Flottcapitains von Kotzebue zweiter Reise um die Welt..., by Friedrich Eschscholtz (Berlin, 1829). Inscribed “1/6. Canis ochropus Prof. F. Guimpel sc:”
Johann Friedrich Eschscholtz (1793-1831) Livonian physician, botanist and zoologist, was naturalist aboard two expeditions led by Otto von Kotzebue (1787-1846). The Rurik expedition 1815-1818 and the Predpriaetie 1823-1826 both circumnavigated the world and collected scientific specimens. These are from the second expedition.
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