Short-beaked echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus

Short-beaked echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus, and platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus.. 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

1780 1845 1780-1845 1816 Aculeatus Anatinus Dictionary Echidna Frederic Jean Francois Jean-francois Josephines Levrault Massard Ornithorhynchus Platypus Pretre Short Beaked Short-beaked Stipple Tachyglossus Turpin

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