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Two beavers felling trees by gnawing at the trunks. Wood engraving, ca 1862.

A fox, a beaver and a mole looking at a hare which has grown antlers. Etching by A. Collaert after T. Galle.

Above, an otter eating a fish; below, a beaver. Woodcut after C. Gessner.

Head of a lynx and two figures of the head of a beaver. Drawing, c. 1789.

A beaver hiding from hunters and biting off its own testicles to leave them as their catch. Etching by W.S. Howitt.

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

Beaver skull, with illustrations showing the fore foot, hind foot, and the tail. Chromolithograph by H.J. Ruprecht, 1877.

A mouse. Wood-engraving by T. Bewick, 1789.

Geschichtliches und Naturgeschichtliches über den Biber (Castor Fiber L.) in der Schweiz, in Deutschland, Nordamerika / von A. Girtanner.

The American beaver and his works / by Lewis H. Morgan.

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A mouse. Wood-engraving by T. Bewick, 1789.

Geschichtliches und Naturgeschichtliches über den Biber (Castor Fiber L.) in der Schweiz, in Deutschland, Nordamerika / von A. Girtanner.

Beaver skull, with illustrations showing the fore foot, hind foot, and the tail. Chromolithograph by H.J. Ruprecht, 1877.

Above, an otter eating a fish; below, a beaver. Woodcut after C. Gessner.

The American beaver and his works / by Lewis H. Morgan.