Hystrix Cheludo from the Codex Urbanus — artwork #10714 by Codex Urbanus · Paris, France
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Codex Urbanus is a Parisian street artist, born on December 15, 1974, renowned for his imaginative bestiary of hybrid creatures adorning the walls of Montmartre since 2011. His pseudonym, meaning "urban manuscript" in Latin, reflects his project of creating a nocturnal bestiary illegally painted on city walls. Each creature, a blend of existing animals, is accompanied by a Latin binomial…
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Added 27/07/2026
An imaginary creature drawn in line work on a pale grey wall: a spine-covered body, long curled tail, clawed feet and a beaked head. The inscriptions Codex Urbanus and Fig 801: Hystrix Cheludo give it the look of a plate from a scientific bestiary.
The artwork Hystrix Cheludo from the Codex Urbanus is of type graffiti. You can admire it in the city of Paris in France, more precisely here: 1 Place du Calvaire, Paris.
This graffiti is also tagged as: fantastique, créature, noir-et-blanc, illustration, line-art, codex.
Find all artworks by the artists who contributed to its creation by clicking on their name: Codex Urbanus
The photo was published on 27-07-2026 by Rabot.
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