Natural educational image, a touch of curiosity and naturalness for your decoration - Alpaca, Guib Antelope by Charles d'Orbigny

Reproduction engraving of: Alpaca (Auchenia Alpaca, Desm.), Antelope Guib (Antilope scripta, Pall.)

Illustration taken from the Universal Dictionary of Natural History, written under the direction of Charles Henry Dessalines d'Orbigny (1806-1876) and published from 1841 to 1849.

This work, considered one of the major achievements of the 19th century in terms of scientific synthesis and quality popularization, wonderfully illustrating the great beauty and impressive diversity of the biological world, was supplemented by a certain amount of scientific information, some extracts of which are reproduced below.

Scientific classification and description of the species present in the engraving:

Class of Mammals
Subclass Quadrupeds (without marsupial bones)
Order of Ruminants
Camelidae family
Fig. 1. Alpaca (Auchenia Alpaca, Desm.)

Class of Mammals
Subclass Quadrupeds (without marsupial bones)
Order of Ruminants
Family of Antilopidae
Tribe of Antilopians
Fig. 2. Antelope Guib (Antilope scripta, Pall.)

Important note: the scientific classification elements of the time have been preserved as they were and may of course be obsolete today. The current name of the individual represented in Fig. 1 is Alpaca ( Vicugna pacos ) and of the individual represented in Fig. 2 is Harnessed Bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus)