Above, an insect, a musk rat, a siren (eel-shaped taile amphibian), and two hawk moths; below, a shark, a sponge, a vertebrate, an owl, a noddy (a tropical sea bird) and a stapelia. Engraving by Heath.

    Date:
    1 September 1806
    Reference:
    40532i

    Licence: Public Domain Mark

    Credit: Above, an insect, a musk rat, a siren (eel-shaped taile amphibian), and two hawk moths; below, a shark, a sponge, a vertebrate, an owl, a noddy (a tropical sea bird) and a stapelia. Engraving by Heath. Wellcome Collection. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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