Banded hare wallaby - lievre wallaby raye - Lagostrophus fasciatus (Kangurus fasciatus) endangered 1, and extinct King Island wombat - Common wombat - Vombatus ursinus. Taken from Charles Alexandre Leseur's illustrations in Peron and Freycinet's “” Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Hemisphere,”” 1807. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.
Kangaroo Island emu or dwarf emu - l'emeu de Baudin - Dromaius baudinianus, extinct. (Possibly extinct King Island emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae ater, at right.) Taken from Charles-Alexandre Leseur's illustration in Peron and Freycinet's “” Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Lands,”” 1807. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.