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An unusual degree of tolerance ... Paynocil : the prairie dog and burrowing owl.

Three chameleons on a shelf (top); one chameleon with larvae (bottom left); a large rodent eating a mouse (bottom right). Etching.

A rat-catcher and his young assistant standing outside a doorway having their services refused by an old man: the rat-catcher holds a long stick with a cage on top of it containing rats, on his right shoulder sits a rat. Etching after Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1632.

A hawker with a hawker's tray full of rodents. Etching by Jan van der Vliet, c. 1632.

House mice devouring a large cheese placed on the floor next to their hole. Etching by R Hicks, 1888.

An unidentified rodent, possibly a marmot. Coloured etching.

A selection of named rodents, marsupials and small carnivorous mammals. Etching.

Geschwülste der Laboratoriumsnagetiere / von Walther Fischer.

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House mice devouring a large cheese placed on the floor next to their hole. Etching by R Hicks, 1888.

Geschwülste der Laboratoriumsnagetiere / von Walther Fischer.

A selection of named rodents, marsupials and small carnivorous mammals. Etching.

A hawker with a hawker's tray full of rodents. Etching by Jan van der Vliet, c. 1632.

An unidentified rodent, possibly a marmot. Coloured etching.