Brachyurus Collection

Electric eel, pearlfish and banded knifefish
Electric eel, Electrophorus electricus 68, pearlfish, Carapus acus 69, and banded knifefish, Gymnotus carapo 70. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of

Black-headed uakari and brown-backed bearded saki
Black-headed uakari, Cacajao melanocephalus ouakary (Brachyurus ouakari) and brown-backed bearded saki, Chiropotes israelita (Brachyurus israelita)

Indian pitta, Pitta brachyura (Short-tailed crow, Corvus brachyurus). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Box crabs, floral egg crab and hermit crabs
Box crab, Calappa hepatica 1, giant box crab, Calappa calappa 2, floral egg crab, Atergatis floridus 3, Diogenes hermit crab, Diogenes pugilator 4, 5, and soldier crab, Pagurus bernhardus 6

Northern stone crab, Lithodes maja 1, and brown crab, Cancer pagurus 2 (Crab epineuse, Cancer spinosus, and ecrevisse a coque unie, Brachyurus laevis)

Moor macaque, Macaca maura
Albino juvenile Moor macaque, Macaca maura (Maimon brachyurus). Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by Col

Moor macaque, Macaca maura, albino?
Moor macaque, Macaca maura (Macacus maimon brachyurus). White maimon, believed to be an albino juvenile. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith

Maned wolf or Aguara Guazu, Chrysocyon brachyurus.. Handcolored engraving on steel by William Lizars from a drawing by Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library

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