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Kinkajou, Potos flavus, and aye-aye of Madagascar

Kinkajou, Potos flavus, and aye-aye of Madagascar, Daubentonia madagascariensis. . Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuvier's Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals, Paris, France, 1816. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by Massard, directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by F.G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History

© Florilegius / Mary Evans

African wildlife, lithograph, published in 1897

African wildlife: 1) Gorilla; 2) Chimpanzee (Pan); 3) Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx); 4) Giraffe; 5) Lesser kudu (Ammelaphus imberbis, or Tragelaphus imberbis); 6) Lion (Panthera leo); 7) Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius); 8) African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana); 9) Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus); 10) Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis); 11) Black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata); 12) Violet turaco (Musophaga violacea); 13) Grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus); 14) Helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris); 15) Ostrich (Struthio camelus); 16) Rain frogs (Breviceps); 17) Chameleon; 18) Rock hyrax (Procavia capensis). Lithograph after a drawing by Gustav MAOEtzel (German painter, 1839 - 1893), published in 1897