During Akbar's reign he appears to have been involved only as a colorist in the plates for the Akbarnama and his name is not mentioned by Abu'l-Fazl among the list of artists.
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He was the earliest artist to depict the Dodo in colour, apart from being the first to illustrate the Siberian Crane.
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The Siberian Crane painting was made well before it was formally described and given a binomial name by Peter Simon Pallas in 1773.
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The most significant paintings, in terms of zoology, are those of the Siberian Crane and the Dodo.
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The painting is highly detailed and is presumed to be an Indian chameleon on account of the highly detailed view of the feet of the animal showing each foot exhibiting "fused digits in opposed groups", a lighter band by the edge of the mouth, and a line of white scales on the underside of the belly.
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