Bornean orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus (endangered)

Bornean orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus (endangered) and silvery gibbon, Hylobates moloch (endangered).. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuvier's Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals, Paris, France, 1816. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by Carnonkel, 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

1780 1845 1780-1845 1816 Bornean Carnonkel Dictionary Endangered Frederic Gibbon Hylobates Jean Francois Jean-francois Josephines Levrault Moloch Orangutan Pongo Pretre Pygmaeus Silvery Stipple Turpin

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