The barbary squirrel (1820)

Description:

Summary[edit] Description: English: Printed on border: "Sciurus getulus, Lin. - Le barbaresque, Buff." "Is of an ash colour, inclining to red ; each side is beautifully marked with two white stripes, running length-wise ; its belly is white ; its tail bushy, and variegated with regular shades of black, one beneath the other ; its eyes are full and black, with white orbits. It is about the size of the common squirrel". Date: 17 August 2011. Source: http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&strucID=691410&imageID=823674. Author: Bewick, Thomas (1753-1828), Author.