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Eriksson, - (fl. 1905)

 Person

Biography

Eriksson was an amateur photographer active in Africa in the 1900s. Eriksson was the discoverer of the aardvark 'orycteropus erikssoni' in 1905.

Sources:

Typescript copy of 'Index to Photographers'.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

 Item

The Aardvark or 'earth-pig' (Orycteropus erikssoni), Ituri Forest, c.1905, 1905

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/226
Scope and Contents

150 x 110 mm. A view showing a dead anteater in the Ituri Forest. 'The long extensile tongue is seen hanging out of the animal's mouth'. Photograph by Mr Eriksson (the discoverer).

Dates: 1905
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