A Loation rock rat (or similar rodent) climbing up the bamboo rose cage in the garden of 35 Tongshan Road, Hongkou, Shanghai
Collection
Identifier
Hn01-126
Copyright
© 2013 Barbara Merchant
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Hn01-126. This unusual rodent looks like Laonastes aenigmamus (Loation rock rat, sometimes also called a rat-squirrel), a species ‘discovered’ in 1998 in Laos.
Location
Estimated Date
1915-1919
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
