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Referee's report by William Thomas Blanford, on a paper 'On Megaladapis madagascariensis, an extinct gigantic lemuroid from Madagascar; with remarks on the associated fauna, and on its geological age' by Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major

Reference number: RR/11/253

Date: 18 July 1893

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The paper contains an account of a 'remarkable and interesting discovery'.

Subject: Zoology

[Published in Philosophical Transactions B, 1894].

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RR/11/253
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18 July 1893
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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William Thomas Blanford

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William Thomas Blanford, Referee's report by William Thomas Blanford, on a paper 'On Megaladapis madagascariensis, an extinct gigantic lemuroid from Madagascar; with remarks on the associated fauna, and on its geological age' by Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major, 18 July 1893, RR/11/253, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_11_253/referees-report-by-william-thomas-blanford-on-a-paper-on-megaladapis-madagascariensis-an-extinct-gigantic-lemuroid-from-madagascar-with-remarks-on-the-associated-fauna-and-on-its-geological-age-by-charles-immanuel-forsyth-major, accessed on 29 April 2025

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