Picture No | 10040583 |
Date | 1790 |
Description | PLATYPUS (BEWICK) |
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ORNITHORHYNCHUS ANATINUS At the time Bewick engraved this, the animal had not been named : some naturalists even suspected the creature was a fake
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Source | Thomas Bewick, in 'General History of Quadrupeds' page 528 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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