George Prideaux Robert Harris

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"Didelphis ursina" (top) and "Didelphis cynocephala", engraving after a drawing by Harris

George Prideaux Robert Harris (1775–1810) was a deputy surveyor and naturalist in Tasmania, Australia from 1803.^[1] He described many of the marsupials native to the Island, including the Tasmanian Devil and the Thylacine.^[2] He also described some plant species.

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^ Pretyman, E. R. (1966). "Harris, George Prideaux Robert (1775–1810)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/harris-george-prideaux-robert-2161.
^ University Librarian (22 October, 2007). "The Abject Thylacine". Imaging the Thylacine. University of Tasmania. http://www.utas.edu.au/library/exhibitions/thylacine/abject.html. Retrieved 2009-05-02.

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[0] Pretyman, E. R. (1966). "Harris, George Prideaux Robert (1775–1810)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/harris-george-prideaux-robert-2161.

[UT-1] University Librarian (22 October, 2007). "The Abject Thylacine". Imaging the Thylacine. University of Tasmania. http://www.utas.edu.au/library/exhibitions/thylacine/abject.html. Retrieved 2009-05-02.

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Name	Harris, George
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Date of birth	1775
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Date of death	1810
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George Prideaux Robert Harris

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