Le Surikate : suricate ou suricate (Suricata suricatta). Gravure réalisée pour le naturaliste français Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon (1707-1788), à partir d'un dessin de l'artiste animalier français Jacques Henri E. de sève (fl.1742-1788). La gravure est apparue dans l’ouvrage influent de Buffon sur l’histoire naturelle, « histoire naturelle, générale et particulière… » en 36 volumes, publié entre 1749 et 1788. Cette illustration, colorée plus tard à la main, provient de la rare édition française de 1780 de l'histoire.

• Contributeur: Terence Kerr
• ID de l’image: 2BHCN4A
• Taille du fichier: 232,1 MB (12,4 MB Téléchargement compressé)
• Autorisations: Modèle - non | Propriété - non
• Dimensions: 7802 x 10397 px | 66,1 x 88 cm | 26 x 34,7 inches | 300dpi
• Date de la prise de vue: 22 juillet 2006
• Lieu: In natural habitat

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Cette image peut avoir des imperfections car il s’agit d’une image historique ou de reportage.

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707-1788), was a French naturalist remembered for his comprehensive work on natural history. He was appointed keeper of the Jardin du Roi (royal botanical garden) in Paris and charged with cataloguing the royal collections in natural history. He produced an account of the whole of nature, which became the 'Histoire’. Jacques Henri E. De Sève (fl.1742-1788) is one of the most influential natural history artists of all time. He created hundreds of animal images, many of which now seem fantastical, but an interesting feature is his inclusion of wildlife habitats; he did not merely depict animals, but rather placed them in an appropriate environment. His work was widely copied in engravings by others for later editions of Buffon's books. Meerkats (Suricata suricatta) are burrowing members of the mongoose family, found in south western Africa - the Kalahari Desert in Botswana, the Namib Desert in Namibia and southwestern Angola, and in South Africa. They live in co-operative packs of up to 25 with partially overlapping home ranges. As they forage in broad daylight in the open and away from their dens, they are susceptible to attack. One meerkat takes up a raised position, sitting erect and watching while others dig for food - mostly insects. A meerkat is sometimes spelled mierkat and sometimes called a suricate (with a 'c' in both English and French, not with a 'k' as in the 18th century French caption to this drawing). D1163.B3889

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