North American river otter, Lontra canadensis, extinct Caribbean monk seal, Neomonachus tropicalis, and walrus, Odobenus rosmarus. La loutre du Canada, le phoque des Indes, le morse. Copperplate engraving by Antonio Baratti after Francois-Nicolas Martinet from Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d’Alembert’s Encyclopedie, Histoire Naturelle (Encyclopedia: Natural History), Livourne, 1774. Francois-Nicolas Martinet (1731-1800) was a French draftsman and engraver.

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