Bewick Collection (#5)

Bewick Squirrel Longtail
About three times the size of European squirrels, this rodent is found in Ceylon and Malabar

Bewick / Grey Squirrel
(sciurus carolinensis) This is the common grey squirrel, familiar to all. They came to Europe from America, where they were a menace to farmers

Bewick - Pine-Marten
several variants of the several species of marten this is probably the European pine-marten, but it has cousins in America and Asia. (formerly pine-weasel)

Bewick / Weasel - 2
(mustela nivalis) - The weasel eats pretty well anything it can catch : this one has been clever enough to catch a bird

Bewick / Weasel
(mustela nivalis - Buffon called it La belette) A widespread but narrow-headed (for ease when burrowing) mustelid very like the stoat

Bewick / Zebra
(equus burchelli) Along with the aardvark, this relative of the horse is assured of a place in every index of animals, albeit at different ends

Bewick / Sable
(Martes zibellina) this mustelid seemingly survived the evolutionary struggle by being the fittest to provide garments for the lady friends of the wealthy

Bewick / Souslik
(or Suslik) (Mus citellus) Classed by Bewick as a mouse, (he also calls it a Sisel) this rodent lives on the banks of the Volga and in Austria

Bewick / Skunk
(Mephitis mephitis) This mustelid inhabits north and south America, and is famed for the awful-smelling liquid it projects at predators from ducts at its rear end

Bewick / Sloth
(Bradypus tridactylus) All its motions seem to be the effect of the most painful exertion, which hunger alone is capable of exciting. (We all know how it feels...)

Bewick / Stoat
(Mustels erminea) This mustelid is similar to and frequently mistaken for a weasel. It is found pretty well throughout the northern hemisphere

Bewick / Meerkat
(Suricata suricatta) also named by Bewick the SURICATE or four-toed weasel, famed for its tendency to stand on its hind legs when looking out for enemies

Bewick / Tenrec
(Tenrec ecaudatus) There are 25 species of tenrec, living in Africa and Madagascar : they are hedgehog-like insectivores and use their spiny hairs as a defence

Bewick / Tapir
(tapirus terrestris) This is the South American Tapir, classified by Linnaeus as a hippopotamus : it avoids its predators by diving into water

Bewick / Orang-Utan
(Pongo pygmaeus) - 18th century naturalists - and the general public - were fascinated by this primate, so similar to us : Bewick names it the wild man of the woods

Bewick / Marmot
Bewick classified this rodent as a mouse and named it MONAX, but he accepted that it was probably the same as the Marmot described by Buffon and not really a mouse

Flying Opossum (Bewick)
The FLYING OPOSSUM of New South Wales, Australia

Mex. Opossum (Bewick)
The MEXICAN OPOSSUM is found in the mountainous parts of New Spain

Opossums (Bewick)
Left, the SARAGOY, or MULUCCA OPOSSUM, from the East Indies. Right, the MURINE, from the warmer regions of South America

Otter (Bewick)
mustela lutra : le loutre, according to Buffon. Loved by some, hunted by others, the otter lives a marginal existence in and out of water

Chinese Pig (Bewick)
This breed was widely imported into England in the 18th century, and interbred with the native breeds to produce a breed combining the advantages of both

Improved Sow (Bewick)
A mixture of Chinese Black Swine with the larger British breed, this busy sow produced three litters (50 pigs) in ten months for Arthur Sherburn of county Durham

Bewick Ichneumon
viverra ichneumon : This animal, in Egypt, is domestic, like the Cat; and is retained by the natives for the same useful purpose of clearing their house of rats and mice

Macauco (Bewick)
lemur catta : the one in the tree is a YELLOW MACAUCO, and he is looking enviously at the RING-TAILED MACAUCO. Both are beautiful, but that tail certainly gives an edge

Marmot (Bewick) - 3
mus lemmus - the LAPLAND MARMOT is better known as the LEMMING, a creature given to mass migrations of which Bewick gives a graphic account

Marmot (Bewick) - 2
mus marmota (?) this is the tail-less marmot which, Bewick says, has hitherto been undescribed. He thinks it might be a variety of Zisel. He may be right

Marmot (Bewick)
mus marmota somewhat like a mouse, somewhat like a hare, it lives in the higher Alpa, Poland, Ukraine and Tartary

Radiated Mole (Bewick)
sorex cristatus This is the RADIATED MOLE, smaller than the Common Mole, who lives in, or rather under, North America. Unfortunately its fur is used to make hats

Mongoose (Bewick)
The lower creature is the lemur mongooz : the upper the TAILLESS MACAUCO - lemur tardigradus - who spends its life envying the mongoose its tail : both live in India

Varied Monkey (Bewick)
Bewick gives no Latin name but says its the best known of all the Monkey-tribe, being more frequently brought into Europe than any other. It is a native of Barbary and Arabia

Green Monkey (Bewick)
simis sabaea : Buffon calls it the CALLITRICHE. The hair on the upper body is green, the underside silver. It lives on the Cape Verde islands and parts of North Africa

Striated Monkey (Bewick)
simia iacchus : Buffon calls it the OUISTITI. It lives in Brazil where it feeds on fruits, vegetables, insects and snails, and is fond of fish

Mico Monkey (Bewick)
Latin name unknown to Bewick who thinks this Amazon resid- ent the most beautiful of all monkeys - face and ears of so lively a vermilion colour as to appear the effect of art

Red-Tailed Monkey Bewick
Simia oedipus (!) A lively, beautiful little animal who lives on the banks of the Amazon and is notable for its long silvery hair and its soft whistling voice

Barbary Ape (Bewick)
Simia inuus...is wilder and more intractable than the others. It lives in most parts of Africa, from Barbary to the Cape of Good Hope

Capybara (Bewick)
(or capibara) mus hydrochaerus The largest of the rodents, dwelling in Brazil and related to the guinea-pig

Caracal (Bewick)
felis caracal Found in Asia and Africa : this may be the creature named the lynx by classical writers

Cavy (Bewick)
mus paca This is the SPOTTED CAVY, a relatived of the guine-pig. It lives in America but has no tail

Cougar (Bewick)
felis concolar COUGAR or COUGUAR

Beagle (Bewick)
The Beagle is used only in hunting the Hare... Although far inferior in point of speed, it follows by the exquisiteness of its scent and traces her footsteps

Arctic Fox (Bewick)
canis lopogus

Angora Goat (Bewick)
The coat of the goat of ANGORA (named from a town in Asia) is prized for the warm, silky clothes made from it

Chamois (Bewick)
capra rupicapra - though Linnaeus classified this as a goat, it is actually a capriform antelope found only in rocky and mountainous places

Syrian Goat (Bewick)
This is the SYRIAN GOAT so- called because that is where it lives

Goat (Bewick)
capra hircus COMMON GOAT A lively, playful, and capricious creature (did Bewick intend the pun ?) and a very useful one

Wood-Goat (Bewick)
THE WOOD-GOAT This is the label Bewick assigns to this resident of South Africa : but it could well be an antelope or a kind of deer

Guinea Pig (Bewick)
mus porcellus also known as the restless cavy : a childrens favourite

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