Rodents and Carnivores

P012732

Zoology. Original steel engraving engraved by H. Winkles after G. Heck. 1856. No title on the plate. Good condition. Hand-coloured. 26x20cm. Matted.

1. Chinchilla Lanigera, Chinchilla, 2a. Cavia Cobaya, Guinea Pig, 2b. Lagomys Alpinus, Pika, 3a. Cercolabes Villosus, Brazil Porcupine, 3b. See 16 [mistake of the engraver], 4. Hystrix Cristatus, European Porcupine, 5. Halamys Caffer, Cape Jerboa, 6. Mus Sylvaticus, Field Mouse, 7. Mus Rattus, Black Rat, 8. Mus Musculus, Common Mouse, 9. Cricetus Vulgaris, Hamster, 10. Myoxus Glis, Dormouse, 11. Arctomys Alpinus, Marmot, 12-13. Pteromys Volucella, Flying Squirrel, 14. Sciurus Carolinensis, Grey Squirrel, 15. Sciurus Maximus, Malabar Squirrel, 16. Lutra Vulgaris, European Otter, 17. Talpa Europwa, European Mole, 18. Erinaceus Europwus, European Hedgehog.