Dedicated to the memories of:

Engelbert Kämpfer (1651–1716)

Carl Peter Thunberg (1743–1828)

Philipp Franz Balthasar von Siebold (1796–1866) and

Thomas Wright Blakiston (1832–1891)

each of whom did so much to teach the world about the fascinating natural history of Japan

The endemic Japanese Serow [HT]