EditorialAsian palm civet, Paradoxurus hermaphroditus 1 and African civet, Civettictis civetta 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1823.
EditorialMeerkat, Suricata suricatta 1, Indian grey mongoose, Herpestes edwardsii 2, common kusimanse, Crossarchus obscurus 3, and Asian palm civet, Paradoxurus hermaphroditus 4. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmann's Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1849.
EditorialMalagasy or striped civet, Fossa fossana. (Fossane, Viverra fossa.) Near threatened. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Peter Brown from his New Illustrations of Zoology, B. White, London, 1776.
EditorialBanded palm civet cat, Hemigalus derbyanus (Hemigalea zebra). Threatened. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from William Jardine's Naturalist's Library, Edinburgh, 1843.
EditorialMasked palm civet or gem-faced civet, Paguma larvata (Masked glutton, Gulo larvatus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Bradley after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from a specimen in Amsterdam Museum from Edward Griffith's The Animal Ki...
EditorialAsian palm civet or toddy cat, Paradoxurus hermaphroditus (Pougoune, Paradoxurus tipus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Basire from Edward Griffith's The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London, Whittaker, 1825.
EditorialAardwolf, Proteles cristata (Hyaena civet, Viverra hyenoides). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Thomas Landseer after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from Edward Griffith's The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London, Whittaker, 1825.
EditorialAfrican civet, Civettictis civetta (Civet, Viverra civetta). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Basire from Edward Griffith's The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London, Whittaker, 1825.
EditorialLarge Indian civet, Viverra zibetha. Near threatened. (Civet, Viverra civetta). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Basire from Edward Griffith's The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London, Whittaker, 1825.
EditorialEuropean badger, Meles meles, and civet, Civettictis civetta. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuvier's "Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals," Paris, France, 1816. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by Guyard, directed by...
EditorialEuropean badger, Meles meles, and civet, Civettictis civetta. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science," Florence, Italy, 1837. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by Terreni, directed by Pierr...
EditorialPieter Boel moved to Paris in order to paint the animals in the newly established zoo of Louis XIV. Many of Boel's sketches were used in the tapestries woven in Les Gobelins. A civet-cat and a badger, canvas,84,5 x 115 cm INV.3974.