Summary
Un-numbered pencil illustration of a young female Australian fur seal, Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus, by Ludwig Becker, 24 January 1859. This work, which includes detail of the head, ear and fins, is associated with the publication of Plate 31 in The Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria by Frederick McCoy, then Director of the National Museum of Victoria.
Description of Content
Australian Fur Seal, Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus by Ludwig Becker. Un-numbered pencil illustration on paper, 19cm x 12cm, associated with the publication of plate 31 in The Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria by Frederick McCoy.
More Information
-
Collection Names
-
Collecting Areas
-
Publisher
-
Artist
-
Lithographer
-
Technique
Scientific illustration
-
Plate Number
31
-
Drawing Number
Un-numbered
-
State
Illustration
-
Primary Inscriptions
[German needs translation]
-
Classification
-
Taxon Name
-
Author and date of publication
Wood, 1925
-
Preferred Common name
Australian Fur-seal
-
Kingdom
-
Phylum
-
Subphylum
-
Class
-
Subclass
-
Order
-
Superfamily
-
Family
-
Genus
-
Species Name
pusillus
-
Subspecies
doriferus
-
Category
-
Discipline
-
Type of item
-
Overall Dimensions
19 cm (Width), 12 cm (Height)
-
References
[Book Series] McCoy, Frederick. 1878-1890. Natural History of Victoria: Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria or Figures and Descriptions of the Living Species of All Classes of the Victorian Indigenous Animals. 1-2.
[Article] Yen, Alan L., et al. 2001. McCoy's Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria: an unfinished task. Vic. Nat. 118 (6): 242-255.
