Audubon's work on land mammals is not as well known or celebrated as his work on birds. A number of the original painting are owned by the American Museum of Natural History. The Audubons often sketched from caged or stuffed animals, an exception being the black bears, which were drawn in the London Zoo.
Content: Originally issued in 30 parts. Each volume contains two preliminary leaves and fifty colored plates.
Statement of responsibility: By John James Audubon and the Revd. John Bachman. Plates LXXXVI, XCI, XCIII-XCVIII, C, CII-CV, CVII-CVIII, CX-CXIX, CXXI-CL drawn from nature by J.W. Audubon.
Citation/reference: Gross, 1994, #188 ; Sabin 2367 ; Meisel, M. Bib. Amer. natural hist., v. 3, p. 440 ; Herrick, F.H. "Audubon's bibl.", The Auk, new ser., v. 36, p. 375, no. 5 (5).
