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"Opossums" from 'A general history of quadrupeds'
Thomas Bewick1791
University of Sydney Library
Camperdown, Australia
These two pages discuss "The spotted opossum" (now called a spotted-tail quoll), the "vulpine opossum" (brushtail possum) and the "Flying opossum" (Gliding possum).
This work included illustrations engraved by Bewick, and scientific descriptions by Beilby. The first edition was printed in 1790.
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- Title: "Opossums" from 'A general history of quadrupeds'
- Creator: Thomas Bewick, Raph Beilby
- Date Created: 1791
- Location Created: Newcastle, United Kingdom
- Original Language: English
- Provenance: Previously owned by Hugh Macdonald and purchased by the University of Sydney Library from Charlotte Macdonald.
- Subject Keywords: Mammals, Zoology, quadrupeds
- Publisher: Printed by and for S. Hodgson, R. Beilby, & T. Bewick ; Newcastle : sold by them, by G.G.J. & J. Robinson, and C. Dilly, London
- Original Source: University of Sydney Library, Macdonald B516
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