EditorialTrichoniscus pusillus, Print, Trichoniscus pusillus, sometimes called the common pygmy woodlouse, is one of the five most common species of woodlice in the British Isles. It is acknowledged to be the most abundant terrestrial isopod in Britain. It is f...
EditorialSilky anteater or pygmy anteater, Cyclopes didactylus. Myrmecophaga didactyla Linn. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Tyroff after an illustration by J.D. Kretsch from Johann Christian Daniel Schreber's Animal Illustrations after Nature, or Schrebe...
EditorialPygmy Anteater. Dated: 1755. Dimensions: plate: 23.5 x 18.7 cm (9 1/4 x 7 3/8 in.) sheet: 29.3 x 22.6 cm (11 9/16 x 8 7/8 in.). Medium: hand-colored etching on laid paper.
EditorialPygmy Anteater. Dated: 1755. Dimensions: plate: 23.5 x 18.7 cm (9 1/4 x 7 3/8 in.) sheet: 29.3 x 22.6 cm (11 9/16 x 8 7/8 in.). Medium: hand-colored etching on laid paper.
EditorialFigurine of a Pygmy Dance Leader, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, early-mid, ca. 1950?1885 B.C., From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht South, mastaba west of Senwosretankh, Pit 3, Burial of Hepy, in front of blocking wall, 1933?34, Ivory, H. 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in...
EditorialPygmy marmoset, Cebuella pygmaea (Leonine tamarin, Midas leonina). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Sir William Jardine's Naturalist's Library: Monkeys, Edinburgh, 1844.