Maned three-toed sloth, Bradypus torquatus…

Maned three-toed sloth, Bradypus torquatus and Linnaeus's two-toed sloth, Choloepus didactylus.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuvier's Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals, Paris, France, 1816. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by Massard, directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by F.G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History.

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14 x 23 inches / 37 x 59 cm

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