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Macroscelides proboscideus (Round-Eared Elephant Shrew)
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Macroscelides proboscideus (Round-Eared Elephant Shrew)

Robert Jacob Gordon · 1779-06 - 1780-01 · pen; brush; paper; ink; pencil; watercolor (paint); chalk

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Two elephant shrews (Macroscelides proboscideus), at natural size. Seen by Gordon in Namaqualand and so named, but not mentioned by other Cape travelers, though drawn by Simon van der Stel there (1685-1686).

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Credit lineMacroscelides proboscideus (Round-eared elephant shrew). 1779-06 - 1780-01. Robert Jacob Gordon. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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