Guinea pig, Cavia porcellus 79, European hedgehog, Erinaceus europaeus 80 and common shrew, Sorex araneus 81. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Jacques de Seve from James Smith Barr’s edition of Comte Buffon’s Natural History, A Theory of the Earth, General History of Man, Brute Creation, Vegetables, Minerals, T. Gillet, H. D. Symonds, Paternoster Row, London, 1807.

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