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Fisher;Marten;Pekan
Martes pennanti

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Fisher;Marten;Pekan
Context: Annotation: "Right whale Sperm Whale Sea Elephant Harp Seal Fisher Otter Ocelot Possum" [this is probably a list of animals requested for Nelson, Edward W. "The Larger North American Mammals," National Geographic, Vol. 30, no. 5, Nov. 1916] "muzzle, feet & tail nearly black - (blue glossed) face straw-color-pale, getting (as a sub. color) more buff & then rufescent, [caudad], till lost in deep purple brown of rump & tail - (below = darker throughout, white in [axils] of all 4 legs. Ears buff edged, strongly - no evident dark." "M. pennanti". Study of animal in preparation for plate.
Date: 1916c.
Location: Rare and Manuscript Collections
Medium: Pencil
ID Number: 2662-900-0281
Size: 9.5" x 12"
Support: Paper
Type: Preliminary sketches
Title: Fisher