Many people are familiar with John James Audubon and his pictorial record, The Birds of America. But did you know that he also completed a work on the mammals of North America? Audubon was a naturalist and painter who excelled as a wildlife artist depicting animals in their natural habitat. In the 1840s he began his work on mammals, and here he has captured the soft haired squirrel at play.

Scientific Illustration Reprint of 1845 original

 

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