tiger (Panthera tigris), leopard (Panthera pardus) English: Drawing collected by Felix Platter, to be used in Historiae animalium. The second volume contained drawings of mammals – varying from dogs, sheep and deer to panthers, tigers and camels – and insects, reptiles and amphibians. The drawings were made by several artists, mostly anonymous.
Nederlands: Tekeningen verzameld door Felix Platter, voor gebruik in de encyclopedie Historiae animalium (1551–1558). Het tweede volume bevat afbeeldingen van uiteenlopende zoogdieren – waaronder honden, schapen en herten, maar ook panters, tijgers en kamelen – en van insecten, reptielen en amfibieën. De tekeningen werden gemaakt door verschillende kunstenaars, veelal anoniem.
Date between 1546 and 1558
Source Bijzondere collectie Universiteit van Amsterdam
Author Unknown
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Animal_drawings_collected_by_Felix_Platter,_p2_-_(141).jpg
The tiger (Panthera tigris) is the largest cat species, most recognisable for their pattern of dark vertical stripes on reddish-orange fur with a lighter underside. Tigers once ranged widely across eastern Eurasia, from the Black Sea in the west, to the Indian Ocean in the south, and from Kolyma to Sumatra in the east.
The leopard (Panthera pardus) is one of the four 'big cats' of the genus Panthera. The leopard is a member of the family Felidae with a wide range in sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Asia. Leopards have the largest distribution of any wild cat, occurring widely in Africa as well as eastern and southern Asia.