Rupestris Gallery

Guinea pig, Cavia porcellus, and rock cavy

Guinea pig, Cavia porcellus, and rock cavy or moco, Kerodon rupestris. . 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

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Smiths Red Rock Rabbit - resting up amongst boulders during day

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Smith's Red Rock Rabbit - resting up amongst boulders during day
Valley of Desolation, Camdeboo National Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Pronolagus rupestris
Inhabits rocky habitats. Endemic in south of southern Africa.
Alan J. S. Weaving
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Bees In Colour

An engraving of various bees, circa 1800. Pictured are honey bees (1. worker, 2. male, 3. queen), common humble bees (4 and 5), lapidary bees (6. male, 7. female), moss or carder bees (8), Donovan's humble bee (9), Harris humble bee (10) and false humble bees (11. apathus vestalis, 12. apathus rupestris). Humble bees were later referred to as bumblebees. Engraved by J. Bishop after J. Stewart. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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