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The water mole of Australia

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection

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Wallach Division Picture Collection

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Animals -- Platypus

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The water mole of Australia
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Wallach Division Picture Collection

Animals -- Platypus

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1835
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC ANI-Pla
Topics
Platypuses
Genres
Prints
Notes
Content: Printed on border: "American Magazine of Useful Knowledge v.2, 1835" "It is aquatic in its habits, but seeks the tranquil streams and waters, and makes deep burrows in the banks." "Like other aquatic mammalia, it is covered with a double coat of fur, the inner one being soft and short, and almost waterproof." "But the head is the most wonderful part of the animal. It does not terminate in a snout, as in other animals of the kind, but is continued into a beak, resembling that of a duck, broad, compressed, and rounded at the lip..." Includes additional text. Foxing on image.
Source note: A collection of clippings mainly from 19th c. books and periodicals, organized by subject to form a file of more than 150,000 items. Hourvitch, A. R. , Donor. Pictorial Archives , Compiler. Pusch, Reinhold Theodore , Former owner.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17234174
Barcode: 33333159403977
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ef2341f0-c535-012f-16df-58d385a7bc34
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The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1835: Issued
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The water mole of Australia" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1835. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1278-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The water mole of Australia" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 28, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1278-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1835). The water mole of Australia Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1278-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The water mole of Australia