File 1a: Hide of a small animal collected by Syms Covington, ca. 1831-1836
File 1a: Hide of a small animal collected by Syms Covington, ca. 1831-1836
File 1a: Hide of a small animal collected by Syms Covington, ca. 1831-1836
About this item
Full title
Date
ca. 1831-1836
Call Numbers
R 677
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Physical Description
Contents
1 animal skin - 9.9 x 5.8 cm.
Other Descriptions
Level of description
File
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright
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Issue Copy
Digitised
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
An animal coat, skin on one side and fur of varying shades of grey and white on the other
Alternative Titles
Full title
File 1a: Hide of a small animal collected by Syms Covington, ca. 1831-1836
Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 852666...
Signature / Inscriptions
Handwritten on reverse of paper in which skin is housed, "Skin of some small / animal collected by late Syms Covington / in South America, during the Voyage / of the 'Beagle' - / Sent to me by his son / S. Covington of Pambula - / 13 July, 1904. H. Forde"
Attributions / Conjectures
Probably Dromiciops gliroides
Reference:
Sandy Ingleby, Australian Museum, Feruary 2014
Date note
Dated from journey of the H.M.S. Beagle
Published information
Published in: Brendan Atkins. "Mr Darwin's shooter and the mystery marsupial skin", Explore : the Australian Museum magazine, volume 31 number 4, Summer December 2009 - February 2010, p. 04
Contextual Information
Source
Deposited by the Linnean Society of New South Wales in 1970, and subsequently presented to the State Library of New South Wales, July 2018.
Pic.Acc.2026
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
R 677
Record Identifier
Yj7dzAa9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yj7dzAa9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
446184
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