Ounce Gallery

Snow leopard (Uncia uncia) Portrait

The Snow Leopard is a descendant of the wild cat and panther families. Native to the rugged and snowy highlands of Central Asia, the endangered snow leopard is particularly found in the Himalaya region

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Battle between a red deer stag and an ounce or hunting tiger

6337371 Battle between a red deer stag and an ounce or hunting tiger by English School, (19th century); (add.info.: Battle between a red deer stag and an ounce or hunting tiger. The stag held the stalking ounce at bay with its antlers, until the cat jumped over the net into the crowd. Based on an anecdote in the Sportsman's Cabinet about a blood sport event staged by the Duke of Cumberland before the races on Newmarket Heath in the 18th century. Stag and once. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Reverend Thomas Smith's The Naturalist's Cabinet, or Interesting Sketches of Animal History, Albion Press, James Cundee, London, 1806. Smith, fl. 1803-1818, was a writer and editor of books on natural history, religion, philosophy, ancient history and astronomy.); © Florilegius

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Snow leopard or ounce, Panthera uncia. Endangered

Snow leopard or ounce, Panthera uncia (Once, Felis onca uncia). Endangered. Engraved by Thomas Landseer after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith drawn from a specimen skin in the Tower of London. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Edward Griffith's The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London, Whittaker, 1824. Date:

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