Animal – Bat – Bat or flying squirrel
Arnoldus Montanus. Atlas Chinensis: being a second part of a relation of remarkable passages in two embassies from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the vice-roy Singlamong and General Taising Lipovi, and to Konchi, Emperor of China and East-Tartary. London, 1671 . Via Folger Shakespeare Library. Scan of 2 d images in the public domain believed be free to use without restriction in the U.S.
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what an absolutely extraordinary drawing. like so many from this era of Europeans encountering new species, it’s so anthropomorphic. amazing!