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glider

Language: 
Biyal Biyal
Australian: 
Hepoona Roo
English JS Main: 
glider
English: 
Yellow-bellied Glider --------The drawing appears to be an almost exact copy of the mammal named as the "Hepoona Roo" in John White's Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales (1790), where it is described by Dr. John Hunter but not given a scientific name, and illustrated with an engraving after an original by C. Catton (plate 61). ---It is coloured grey-brown, darker on the tail, towards the spine and the sides, which are edged with grey. ... Credits: The author of this catalogue record is Suzanne Stenning.
Category: 
fauna: mammals
Sub-category: 
possum
Source: 
Painters
Line: 
12647
Respelt: 
yibunaru
Part of speech: 
noun
Source Details: 
INDIGENOUS NAMES IN WORKS BY THE PORT JACKSON PAINTER, THOMAS WATLING etc. Watling Collection, Natural History Museum, London Transcribed by Keith V. Smith 2002 Watling, Thomas, 1762-1814? -------------- NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, LONDON <[WebCat] Search The Natural History Museum's library catalogue> The 5-digit numbers are the picture identification numbers quoted near the end of each entry. --------- Most or all of the items with an indigenous word attached are in the JS PAINTERS ringbinder, arranged alphabelically by a JS ’no hyphens’ transcription. ========= NO PAINTERS FILE: This is the PENCIL line number (in JS ’Painters’ ringbinder) supplied by Keith Smith. the page numbers entered by JS
Comment: 
Port Jackson Drawing - no. 47: Un-named mammal ("Hepoona Roo" / Port Jackson Painter]

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