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#TurtleTuesday with a holiday twist: Turtle doves (Streptopelia turtur), which are featured in the popular holiday song #12DaysofChristmas. #SciArt from “Coloured figures of the birds of the British Islands” v. 4 (1885-97) issued by Thomas Littleton Powys Lilford. Contributed to the #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary by @amnh: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34517561
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European lobster (Homarus gammarus). #SciArt by George Brettinham Sowerby from unfinished plate by James Sowerby for “Malacostraca Podophthalmata Brittanniae” (1815-1875) by William Elford Leach. Contributed to the #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary by Naturalis Library: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/210018#page/298/mode/2up

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The wild boar (Sus scrofa) for #WildlifeWednesday. #SciArt from “Medical Zoology, and Mineralogy…Including an Account of Animal and Mineral Poisons” (1832) by John Stephenson. Contributed to the #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary by the @usgs Libraries Program: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40987297

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The platypus’s (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) venom-delivering spur was a curiosity highlighted within “Medical Zoology, and Mineralogy…Including an Account of Animal and Mineral Poisons” (1832) by John Stephenson. Contributed to the #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary by @usgs Libraries Program https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40987289
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Tufted Lousewort (Pedicularis comosa) for #BotanicMonday! #SciArt from “Die Alpenpflanzen nach der Natur gemalt” v. 4 (1884) by Joseph Seboth, Ferdinand Graf, and Joh. Petrasch. Contributed to the #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary by @usgs: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39676425
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#botany #plantsci #plants #flower #naturalhistory #biodiversity #bhlib #bhl #USGS #openaccess #rarebooks #specialcollections #libraries #Library #LibrariesofInstagram #IGLibraries #IG_Libraries

Happy #FishyFriday! Variety of #Catfish from #China: Fig. 1 Clarias fuscus; Fig. 2 Hemibagrus macropterus; and Fig. 3 Tachysurus fulvidraco. #Fish #SciArt from The Fresh-water #Fishes of China (1943) by John T. Nichols. Contributed for digitization by the Research Library of the American Museum of Natural History (@amnh) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12398729
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We’re celebrating the wonder of #trees for #Feathursday! Explore Tenants of the Trees (1907) by Clarence Hawkes, which was contributed for digitization by @amnh to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6478661
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Crested Mona Monkeys (Cercopithecus pogonias) live high in the forest canopies of west central #Africa. #SciArt from A Hand-book to the #Primates, Vol. 2 (1897) by Henry Ogg Forbes. Contributed for digitization by the Research Library of the American Museum of Natural History (@amnh) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9896494
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Happy #TurtleTuesday! Hatchling Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) and Adult Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata). #SciArt from Our #Reptiles and #Batrachians (1893) by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke. Contributed for digitization by the Research Library of the American Museum of Natural History (@amnh) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11090530
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#Turtles #Herpetology #Reptiles #SeaTurtles #Hawksbill #Leatherback #SeaTurtle #AMNH #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #NatHist #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #Libraries #Archives #SpecialCollections #LibrariesofInstagram #IGLibraries #IG_Libraries #AMNH

Pangolins (Family Manidae) are the only mammals with scales! #SciArt by W. S. Berridge for The Book of the Animal Kingdom (1910) by William Percival Westell. Contributed for digitization by the Research Library of the American Museum of Natural History (@amnh) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10102817
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The saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) is the largest of all living reptiles. #SciArt from Hermann Schlegel’s “Abbildungen neuer oder unvollständig bekannter Amphibian” (1837-44). Contributed to the #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary by @silibraries: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46020202
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The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) with a guinea pig (genus Cavia). #SciArt by George Edwards for “Gleanings of Natural History” pt. 2 (1760). Contributed to the #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary by @nlbsg https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50289605
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Scorpions (Hottentotta alticola) from #Afghanistan. #SciArt from the Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Ser. 2: T. 22 (1950). Contributed for digitization by Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (@le_museum) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54522792
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#Scorpions #Insects #Arachnids #Entomology #Arachnology #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #NatHist #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #Libraries #Archives #SpecialCollections #LibrariesofInstagram #IGLibraries #IG_Libraries #MNHN

Break out your favorite coloring tools on this #BotanicMonday! Botanical #SciArt of Macrostelia laurina, which is native to #Madagascar. This illustration comes from Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Ser. 2: T. 20 (1948). Contributed for digitization by Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (@le_museum) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54337749
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#floriculture #flowers #Botany #BotanicalArt #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #NatHist #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #Libraries #Archives #SpecialCollections #LibrariesofInstagram #IGLibraries #IG_Libraries #MNHN

Happy #FishyFriday! The old wife #fish (Enoplosus armatus) is endemic to the temperate coastal waters of #Australia. #SciArt by James Sowerby for “Zoology of New Holland” ([1793]-1794), with text by George Shaw. Contributed to the #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary by @museumsvictoria as part of #BHL Australia: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40653649
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Happy #Feathursday! The Eastern Rosella (Platycercus eximius) is native to southeast #Australia and #Tasmania. #SciArt by James Sowerby for “Zoology of New Holland” ([1793]-1794), with text by George Shaw. Contributed to the #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary by @museumsvictoria as part of #BHL Australia: http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40653675
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Algae (Plocamium hookeri). #SciArt by William Henry Harvey for his Nereis Australis, or Algae of the Southern Ocean: being figures and descriptions of marine plants, collected on the shores of the Cape of Good Hope, the extra-tropical Australian colonies, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Antarctic regions; deposited in the Herbarium of the Dublin University (1847-49). Contributed for digitization by Biodiversity Heritage Library Australia, Atlas of Living Australia, and Museums Victoria (@museumsvictoria) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46201265
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Anyone up for a cruise to the South Pole on this #TravelTuesday? Join the explorations as an armchair traveler with The Cruise of the Antarctic to the South Polar Regions (1896) by Henrik Johan Bull. Contributed for digitization by Biodiversity Heritage Library Australia and @museumsvictoria to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46292002
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#MapMonday: Trace British explorer William Dampier’s 1699 voyage to what we now call Australia. #SciArt from A Voyage to New Holland, etc., in the year 1699 (published 1703) by William Dampier. Contributed for digitization by Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria (@royalbotanicgardensvic) and Atlas of Living Australia to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50441122
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#Maps #HistoricalMaps #NewHolland #Australia #NewSouthWales #Map #Exploration #Explorer #Voyage #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #NatHist #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #Libraries #Archives #SpecialCollections #LibrariesofInstagram #IGLibraries #IG_Libraries #RBGVictoria #BHLAu

#FossilFriday: Crinoids (Genus Encrinus) lived during the Middle Triassic Epoch. #SciArt from Curso Elemental de Zoología (1898) by Henri Milne-Edwards, translated into Spanish by Elías Zerolo. Contributed for digitization in #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary by Dirección de Bibliotecas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León @uanlred. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54364278
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