Fēng xīng tú (风猩图/風猩圖), or illustration of a legendary creature fengxing, by ignaz sichelbarth. Identifiable as a slow loris. The en:taiping yulan under its entry for fengmu 風母 cites a source on it (by the alias fengxing), which is quoted in the bencao gangmu: "during the daytime, they lie hidden coiled like a hedgehog and do not move" (unschuld tr. ) cf. File:fengxingtu001. Date: between circa 1744 and circa 1780.
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