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A bustard, peacock and peahen, stock dove and squirrel in the grounds of a large house. Etching by F. Place after F. Barlow.

A young male physician holding the hand of a female patient, a squirrel is seated next to her chewing. Mezzotint.

The god Jupiter flanked by two scholars with winged heads and glasses. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.

A selection of named rodents, marsupials and small carnivorous mammals. Etching.

A barbary squirrel. Wood-engraving by T. Bewick, 1789.

Tamarind or Indian date (Tamarindus indica L.) and Indian squirrel (Sciurus sp.). Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1769.

Studies upon plague in ground squirrels (in four parts) ... : II. A plague-like disease of rodents / by George W. McCoy.

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Sciuridae

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Images referencing Sciuridae

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A barbary squirrel. Wood-engraving by T. Bewick, 1789.

A selection of named rodents, marsupials and small carnivorous mammals. Etching.

The god Jupiter flanked by two scholars with winged heads and glasses. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.

Tamarind or Indian date (Tamarindus indica L.) and Indian squirrel (Sciurus sp.). Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1769.

Studies upon plague in ground squirrels (in four parts) ... : II. A plague-like disease of rodents / by George W. McCoy.