Picture No | 10184937 |
Date | 1790 |
Description | BEWICK ICHNEUMON |
Details |
viverra ichneumon : This animal, in Egypt, is domestic, like the Cat ; and is retained by the natives for the same useful purpose of clearing their house of rats and mice'.
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Source | Wood engraving by Thomas Bewick in his General History of Quadrupeds, 1790 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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