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From A natural history of birds, most of which have not been figured or described, and others very little known, from obscure or too brief descriptions without figures, or from figures very ill designed (1747) Speaking of groundhogs, what’s up with George Edwards’ monax? Well, that’s a mildly interesting story. The answer involves Mark Catesby, Sir Hans Sloan, James Madison, Buffon and Linnaeus and how a fairly familiar rodent stumped two generations of European naturalists. Remind me to tell you it some time. Zoom

From A natural history of birds, most of which have not been figured or described, and others very little known, from obscure or too brief descriptions without figures, or from figures very ill designed (1747)

Speaking of groundhogs, what’s up with George Edwards’ monax? Well, that’s a mildly interesting story. The answer involves Mark Catesby, Sir Hans Sloan, James Madison, Buffon and Linnaeus and how a fairly familiar rodent stumped two generations of European naturalists. Remind me to tell you it some time.

Posted on Thursday, February 2 2012. Tagged with: groundhoggroundhog daymarmotaGeorge Edwards
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