An ornithorhynchus (duck billed platypus). Coloured etching by J. F. Cazenave after A.C. Vauthier.

Thirteen different mammals ranging from apes, rodents and marsupials to a whale. Coloured lithograph.

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Thirteen different mammals ranging from apes, rodents and marsupials to a whale. Coloured lithograph.

An ornithorhynchus (duck billed platypus). Coloured etching by J. F. Cazenave after A.C. Vauthier.