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    ‘Canis ochropus’ [California valley coyote]

    Date
    1829
    Creator
    Friedrich Guimpel (1774 - 1839, German) , Engraver
    Object type
    Library reference
    38407
    Material
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    Dimensions
    height (print): 229mm
    width (print): 375mm
    Subject
    Content object
    nature
       > animal
    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.
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