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Account of a flying squirrel by James Theodore Klein

Reference number: RBO/18/5

Date: 1732

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Found in certain woods in Mehilovia on the frontiers of Russia
Engraved figure from 'Philosophical Transactions' is attached
Read to the Royal Society on 16 November 1732

Reference number
RBO/18/5
Earliest possible date
1732
Page extent
7 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Account of a flying squirrel by James Theodore Klein, 1732, RBO/18/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_18_5/account-of-a-flying-squirrel-by-james-theodore-klein, accessed on 17 February 2026

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