glider
Language:
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?
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Comment:
Port Jackson Drawing - no. 47: Un-named mammal ("Hepoona Roo" / Port Jackson Painter]