hspdigitallibrary:Arctomys Monax: Maryland, Marmot, Woodchuck, Groundhog (1842)Happy Groundhog Day!
hspdigitallibrary:Arctomys Monax: Maryland, Marmot, Woodchuck, Groundhog (1842)Happy Groundhog Day! John James Audubon (1785-1851) didn’t just paint birds, he also produced a work on mammals. This image from 1842 shows both old and young groundhogs, or “Arctomys Monax.” HSP holds a copy of Audubon’s Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America (1848) (Collection 3198). Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of Winter this morning, but our Reading Room is nice and warm. Come in and see some more of Audubon’s work.http://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/3747 -- source link