Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus 1, calandra lark, Melanocorypha calandra 2, endangered Visayan hornbill, Penelopides panini 3, extinct in the wild dromedary camel, Camelus dromedarius 4, and critically endangered Bactrian camel, Camelus bactrianus 5. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Moses Harris from William Frederic Martyn’s A New Dictionary of Natural History, Harrison, London, 1785. Pseudonym of William Fordyce Mavor, Scottish priest, teacher and writer, 1758-1837.

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