RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Blainville, Ostéographie. CUL-DAR205.3.244. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 1.2022. RN2
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR205.3 contains notes on distribution of animals.
The brown crayon number '19' indicates that this document was filed by Darwin in his portfolio for the subject of Island endemism: animals.
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De Blainville Osteographie. - Sus.
p. 131 says the New Guinea Pig S. Papuensis agrees with Indian Sus: & one knows that it was imported int N. Guinea.
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Blainville, H.-M. Ducrotay de. 1839-1864. Ostéographie, ou, Description iconographique comparée du squelette et du système dentaire des Mammifères récents et fossiles : pour servir de base à la zoologie et à la géologie. 4 vols. Paris.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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