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Lemur Tardigradus

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Date

1768-1771

Artist

Sydney Parkinson (c. 1745-1771)

Collection

De Agostini Picture Library

Acknowledgements

Bridgeman Images, De Agostini Picture Library

Description

This depicts the Red Slender Loris, native to the rainforests of Sri Lanka. Parkinson was employed by Joseph Banks to travel with him on James Cook's first voyage to the Pacific in 1768, in HMS Endeavour. Parkinson made nearly a thousand drawings of plants and animals collected by Banks and Daniel Solander on the voyage.

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image © De Agostini Picture Library/Freeman

Location

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Country

Tags

Lorises
Slow Lorises
Mammals
Red Slender Lorises

Category

Glossary
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