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Early illustrations of a wombat, koalas, and a kangaroo rat by Cuvier
Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert de Cuvier1834/1837
University of Sydney Library
Camperdown, Australia
Plate 32 from 'The animal kingdom: arranged according to its organization' by Cuvier. The image of the two koalas is based off an painting by John Lewin, though in the original painting, the nose of the Koala is correctly proportioned.
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- Title: Early illustrations of a wombat, koalas, and a kangaroo rat by Cuvier
- Creator: Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert de Cuvier
- Date Created: 1834/1837
- Location Created: London, United Kingdom
- Original Language: English
- Provenance: On permanent loan to the University of Sydney Library from the Linnean Society of New South Wales
- Subject Keywords: zoology
- Publisher: G. Henderson
- Original Source: University of Sydney Library, 590.12 3
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