Meadow jumping mouse, Zapus hudsonius 1, sandy mole rat, Spalax arenarius 2, grey dwarf hamster, Cricetulus migratorius 3, Siberian hamster, Phodopus sungorus 4, Chinese hamster Cricetulus barabensis 5, northern mole vole, Ellobius talpinus 6, and Cape mole rat, Georychus capensis 7. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1798. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science


Meadow jumping mouse, Zapus hudsonius 1, sandy mole rat, Spalax arenarius 2, grey dwarf hamster, Cricetulus migratorius 3, Siberian hamster, Phodopus sungorus 4, Chinese hamster Cricetulus barabensis 5, northern mole vole, Ellobius talpinus 6, and Cape mole rat, Georychus capensis 7. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1798. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.


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