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Title: Chinchilla lanigera.
Image ID: 822311
Image ID 822311
Physical Description: 1 print : b&w ; 21 x 13 cm. (8 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.)
Material Type: Prints
Subjects: Chinchillas
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Notes: Printed on border: "Chinchilla, a little animal of the family chinchillidoe and order rodentia." "The posterior limbs are nearly twice as long as the anterior. The tail, produced, has long and bristly hairs about the tip and on the upper side. Anterior feet five-toed; posterior feet four-toed, the nails small and subfalcular; the tail rather long. This is the well known fur-bearing chinchilla, the skins of which are so much used in the winter dress of ladies." Includes additional text.
Date Published: 1873-1876
Barcode Number: 33333159392626
Struc ID: 596138
Source: The American cyclopedia : a popular dictionary of general knowledge.   View All images from Source
In Folder: Animals -- chinchilla   View All images from Folder

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