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Lemur Tardigradus

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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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From the Watercolour World

Location

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Country

Sri Lanka