Art Gallery - Cuvier

Flying Squirrel (top). This 1850 French engraving is from "Le Regne Animal..." by Baron Georges Cuvier. Cuvier was a French natural scientist of international importance, who made fundamental contributions to geology, paleontology, and comparative anatomy. 1. Sciurus aurogaster (The Golden-bellied Squirrel) 2. Pteromys volucella (The American Flying Squirrel) 3. Cheiromys madigascariensis (The Aye Aye) Hand-colored engraving from "The Animal Kingdom and an Introduction to Comparative Anatomy" by Baron Cuvier. Published in London, 1837. Hand-coloured engraving of a "Flying Cat". From the Edinburgh Journal of Natural History and the Physical Sciences (with The Animal Kingdom Of The Baron Cuvier). William MacGillivray, publisher, Edinburgh, 1836.  Engraved by Samuel Milne, elaborate background by Turvey.