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Hydromys chrysogaster, water ratPlate 1 from a collection of 49 original watercolour drawings of animals by Ferdinand Lucas Bauer (1760-1826), from the H.M.S. Investigator expedition to Australia, 1801-1803
Megalomys desmarestii, antillean giant rice rat. Catalogue number NHM 1850.11.30.6
Oligoryzomys victus, St. Vincent pygmy rice rat (holotype). Catalogue reference NHM 1897.12.26.1)
Megalomys luciae, saint lucia giant rice rat (holotype). Catalogue number NHM 1853.12.16.2
Caloprymnus campestris, Desert rat-kangarooThe Desert-rat kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris) is an extinct marsupial that lived in Australia. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Harry Taylor, 2010
Megalomys desmarestii, antillean giant rice rat. Catalogue number NHM 1855.12.24.201
Conilurus albipes, white-footed tree-ratNative name Gnar-ruck. Detail from drawing 81, possibly by Thomas Watling (1762 -c. 1814), from the Thomas Watling Drawings Collection, 1788-c. 1797, held at the Natural History Museum
Rattus norvegicus, brown ratPlate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)
Sceloglaux albifacies, laughing owlThis owl, native only to New Zealand, became extinct in c. 1914, probably due to deforestation and the disappearance of its favourite prey the Kiori rat. Artist unknown
Prosobonia leucoptera, Tahiti sandpiper
Mus flavipectus and Mus griseipectusPlate 42 from Recherches pour servir a l histoire naturelle des Mammifcres, Vols. 1-4, 1868-74, by Dr. Henri Milne-Edwards (1800-1885) & Dr. Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835-1900)
Rattus rattus, black ratDetail of plate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)
Micromys minutus, Eurasian harvest mouseHarvest mice. Plate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)
Mus musculus, house mousePlate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)
Mesembriomys gouldii, black-footed tree-rat (Gray 1843). BMNH 1842.5.26.18 skull with abnormal incisors collected by Gilbert, holotype
Oryzomys ratticeps, rice ratFrom Brazil and Paraguay. Specimen held at The Natural History Museum, London
Mus darwinii, Darwins mousePlate 23 Illustration by John Gould (1804-1881) from The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, Vol. 1 Part 2 Mammalia, 1838-1839, by Charles Darwin
Suncus murinus caerulescens, Indian grey musk-shrewYoung Musk Rats. Annotated watercolour drawing by Oliva Fanny Tonge (1858-1949), from one of 16 sketchbooks presented to the Natural History Museum in 1952