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George Prideaux Robert Harris

 
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"Didelphis ursina" (top) and "Didelphis cynocephala", engraving after a drawing by Harris

George Prideaux Robert Harris (1775–1810) was a deputy surveyor and naturalist in Tasmania, Australia from 1803. He described many of the marsupials native to the Island, including the Tasmanian Devil and the Thylacine.[1] He also described some plant species.

References

  1. ^ University Librarian (22 October, 2007). "The Abject Thylacine". Imaging the Thylacine. University of Tasmania. http://www.utas.edu.au/library/exhibitions/thylacine/abject.html. Retrieved 2009-05-02. 

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