'Sciurus Petaurista' [Red giant flying squirrel] wing mirror with an instruction 'Plate 9

with an instruction 'Plate 9 might come in here'

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At this time there was an ongoing struggle between France and Austria over Italian independence as the Italian states tried to rid themselves of despotic rulers

6th July 1944

'Sciurus Petaurista' [Red giant flying squirrel] wing mirror with an instruction 'Plate 9Zoological study of the Red giant flying squirrel Petaurista petaurista. Two animals are shown clinging to a tree stump: one a rear full body study, the other showing the Asian mammal's head with its mouth open, exposing the teeth. A landscape is shown behind. Plate 6 from the book Miscellanea zoologica, quibus novae imprimis atque obscurae animalium species describuntur et observationibus iconibusque illustrantur by P S Pallas (The Hague, 1766). An