Black lemur, Eulemur macaco 1, mongoose lemur, Eulemur mongoz, critically endangered 2, and electric catfish, Malapterurus electricus 3. Bedouin hunters in turbans with muskets. Makis, Malaperure. Handcoloured steel engraving by Pedretti after an illustration by Adolph Fries from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Meneville's Dictionnaire Pittoresque d'Histoire Naturelle (Picturesque Dictionary of Natural History), Paris, 1834-39.

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