Linnaeus's Mouse Opossum

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Zoom in — Linnaeus's mouse opossum (Marmosa murina).

(Mammifères, Pl. 17.)

Artist

Name:: Traviès, Édouard
Dates:: 1809-1876
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Animals
Technique:: Metal Engraving
Engraver:: Annedouche, Christophe
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: NCSU Libraries, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle, atlas, vol. 1
Author:: Orbigny, Charles Henry Dessalines d'
Publisher:: Paris: Renard, Martinet et Cie., 1849
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Description:

Hand-colored steel engraving showing a mouse opossum (Marmosa murina) seen from the side, carrying her litter on her back. Linnaeus’s mouse opossum is a marsupial in the family Didelphidae, native to South America.

The full caption reads in the original French:

2^éme série. Quadrupèdes à os marsupiaux. (Is. G. St. Hil.)
1^er ordre — Marsupiaux carnassiers. 2. Didelphe marmose (Didelphis murina, Lin.). 1/2 de grand. natur.

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{{cite web | title=Linnaeus's Mouse Opossum | url=https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/marmosa-murina/ | author=Traviès, Édouard | year=1849 | access-date=April 17, 2025 | publisher=Old Book Illustrations}}