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IN view of the fact that several communications have appeared in NATURE during the past year concerning the first mention of the American opossum in literature, it may not be inopportune to direct attention to some of the early illustrations of this animal in maps and in printed works. First of all, it should be stated that the earliest reference to the opossum is found in the famous collection of voyages known as “Paesi Novamente Retrovati,” published in 1507. In chapter cxiii. of that work it is mentioned that a live specimen, taken by the Pinzons in Brazil in 1500, was exhibited in Granada.
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EASTMAN, C. Early Figures of the Opossum. Nature 95, 89–90 (1915). https://doi.org/10.1038/095089c0
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