#j.g. keulemans

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A new variant has been added!

Moluccan Woodcock (Scolopax rochussenii) © J.G. Keulemans

It hatches from black, bold, broad, chunky, cryptic, distinctive, extensive, heavy, long, powerful, short, and wet eggs.

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For #WorldCivetDay :

Large-spotted Civets (Viverra megaspila) by J.G Keulemans, Plate XXXVII in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1876

Via BHL

🚨 native to SE Asia, this is now an endangered species.

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Remember to read about the contestants before voting!

Huia

The Huia is the ghost of New Zealand, a bird driven to extinction. They have a unique sexual dimorphism where the male and female have different shaped beaks. The female, depicted in this illustration, has a large curved bill, while the male's bill is remarkably smaller and less curved. They were also a big part of Maori tradition, with their feathers and skins highly sought after. Learn More!

Domestic Chicken

Ah, the chicken. What a humble little creature. There are many different kinds of chickens, coming in many different colors and plumage. They are the most numerous bird in all of the world, with a population of over 27 Billion birds! Roosters have spurs on their legs that they use to kick at other roosters, and of course at humans if we get too bothersome. What more can I say about the domestic chicken? This guy practically speaks for themselves. Learn More!

(Huia illustration by J.G. Keulemans)

(Domestic Chicken photo by Daniel Acker)

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ORNITHOLOGICAL MISCELLANY by George Dawson Rowley (London: Turner, 1876). Illustrated by J.G. Keulemans. Many of the plates are handcolored.

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[antiqueanimals]

got any raccoons or tanukis? :3

Raccoon Family, 1985. Lanford Monroe (1950 - 2000)

Untitled (Raccoon), 1955, Mac Schweitzer (1923 - 1962)

Asian Mammals. Written/illustrated by John Leigh-Pemberton. 1971.

Image from page 250 of "Dogs, jackals, wolves, and foxes: a monograph of the Canidae. With woodcuts, and 45 coloured plates drawn from nature by J.G. Keulemans and hand-coloured" (1890)

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Dogs, jackals, wolves, and foxes: a monograph of the Canidae. With woodcuts, and 45 coloured plates drawn from nature 

by J.G. Keulemans and hand-coloured.

By Mivart, St. George Jackson, 1827-1900 Publication info LondonR.H. Porter1890 Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto BioDiv Library

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Zoothera terrestris by J.G. Keulemans, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

[extinctionatlas]

Kaczka labradorska, ostatni osobnik został zastrzelony na wyspie Long Island w 1875 r. 

Możliwe, że ostatnia obserwacja miała miejsce w miejscowości Elmira w stanie Nowy Jork 12 grudnia 1878.

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Happy #ArborDay! Can you spot the Grey Herons (Ardea cinerea) in this #SciArt by J.G. Keulemans. From BHL http://ow.ly/GVf630bg4kA

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Spotted Eagle.

Illustrations by A. Thorburn taken from ‘Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Isles’ issued by Lord Lilford. Majority of coloured drawings by A. Thorburn and J.G. Keulemans

Published 1885 by R. H. Porter.

Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library

Biodiversity Heritage Library.

archive.org

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A new variant has been added!

Tahiti Sandpiper (Prosobonia leucoptera) © J.G. Keulemans

It hatches from extinct, and last eggs.

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Strigops habroptila - The Kakapo

Kakapos have the smallest relative wing size of any parrot, and are also the heaviest parrots out there. Unlike other ground-dwelling birds, they actually have the ability to store fat for future use, and this has given them a quite rotund shape overall. Even in lean times, the kakapo is a huge bird, and did quite well for itself before humans arrived. Even before European colonists landed on the South Island of New Zealand, the native Maori used kakapo feathers (which are incredibly soft, as they don't need to sustain flight) and kakapo meat at a rate that was unsustainable for a continuing population. However, the rate of decline during that period was relatively slow - though the kakapo would have eventually been hunted out, it was not in any immediate threat.

Unfortunately for the great owl parrot, their musky smell and lack of defenses made them easy targets for newly introduced predators and hunters, and the population crashed so quickly that the Kakapo was one of the first animals to have a conservation plan put into place to try and stop the decimation of the masses. Though the conservation plans helped keep the birds safe from humans, the introduced dogs, cats, ferrets, and rats, all continued to wreak havoc.

Today, there are only 127 living kakapos, and their continued survival is far from assured. Their evolutionary history and unique physiology and behavior (not to mention their very important cultural position in Ngai Tahu society) make their possible extinction that much more important to try and prevent.

A History of the Birds of New Zealand. W.L. Buller, 1888.

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Dogs, jackals, wolves, and foxes: a monograph of the Canidae. drawn from nature 

by J.G. Keulemans and hand-coloured.

By Mivart, St. George Jackson, 1827-1900 Publication info LondonR.H. Porter1890 Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto BioDiv Library

[wapiti3]

Dogs, jackals, wolves, and foxes: a monograph of the Canidae.

With woodcuts, and coloured plates drawn from nature by J.G. Keulemans and hand-coloured.

By Mivart, St. George Jackson, 1827-1900 Publication info LondonR.H. Porter1890 Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto BioDiv Library

[wapiti3]

Dogs, jackals, wolves, and foxes: a monograph of the Canidae. With woodcuts, and 45 coloured plates drawn from nature 

by J.G. Keulemans and hand-coloured.

By Mivart, St. George Jackson, 1827-1900 Publication info LondonR.H. Porter1890 Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto BioDiv Library

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Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes). #SciArt by J.G. Keulemans. Mivart, Dogs, Jackals, Wolves, & Foxes (1890) in BHL: http://ow.ly/1tqv30bqtXU