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[Derbian Opossum, Didelphys lanigera]

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Date

1843

Artist

Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1807-1894)

Collective Title

"Knowsley Menagerie". Original drawings by W. Hawkins and J. Wolf

Collection

The Derby Collection

Acknowledgements

Digitised by TWW

Description

"B. W. H., Oct. 20, 1843. The specimen in Museum marked Bates, Belize river." [Derbian Opossum, Didelphys lanigera. This is no doubt taken from the type of D. derbiana, Waterhouse, which was described from Lord Derby's specimen: see Waterhouse, Nat. Hist. Mammals, i. p. 495.]

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All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

Courtesy of The Derby Collection

Location

Knowsley Hall, Prescot, Merseyside, England

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Mammals

Category

Glossary
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