Artiodactyl Collection (page 4)

Pantholops hodgsonii, tiibetan antelope or chiru
Composite view of the skull of a male Pantholops hodgsonii, tibetan antelope or chiru..BM(NH) 1843.1 12.100

English Insects illustration by James Barbut
Illustrated plate from The Genera Insectorum of Linnaeus exemplified by various specimens of English insects drawn from Nature (1781) by James Barbut

Pantholops hodgsonii (Tibetan antelope or chiru). View of skull BM(NH) 1843.1 12.100

Moschiola meminna, Indian spotted chevrotain
Plate 104 from the Loten Collection (1754-57), a painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere (1722-c. 1781)

Connochaetes gnou, black wildebeest
The Zwart Wildebeeste. Black bodied Gnoo - or Puroomo Catoblepas Gun. April 1869. Sketch 146 from a collection of original sketches by Thomas Baines

Detail of terracotta panel showing ibex
Part of the intricate interior architecture found in the Natural History Museums Waterhouse building, designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905)

Oryx gazella, gemsbok
Specimen on display at the Natural History Museum at Tring, part of the Natural History Museum, London

Capra hircus, goat
Domestic Goat, Angora Breed. Plate from a collection of original watercolour drawings, c. 1781-1785, by Sarah Stone, held at the Natural History Museum

Ammodorcas clarkei, Clarks gazelle
Photograph showing detail of the tail from a male Clarks gazelle skin specimen

Phacochoerus africanus, common warthog
Young wart hogs (matabili golube)a shot by myself south west of the Bembesi River October 1870. Sketch 128 from a collection of original sketches by Thomas Baines

Spiral axis of Archimedes, bryozoan
Archimedes, was a bryozoan possibly living in association with an alga. From the Lower Carboniferous limestone, Iowa, USA. c. 350-330 million years old

Microthoracius cameli, camel sucking louse
A female specimen of a camel sucking louse (Microthoracius cameli) approximately 4mm in length

Macrauchenia patachonica and Auchenia llama

Oryx dammah, scimitar-horned oryx
A small herd of scimitar-horned oryx grazing on a grass field in captivity. Photographed by Frank Greenaway

Jaw of Stephanorhinus hemitoechus, the narrow-nosed rhinocer
Lower jaw of a narrow-nosed rhinoceros, Stephanorhinus hemitoechus dating back to the Pleistocene, 1.8 million years to 10, 000 years ago. This specimen was unearthed in Ilford, Essex, England

Natural History display at Montagu House
Staircase near the entrance of the old British Museum in Montagu House, 1845. This housed the original collection of the Natural History Museum, London. From a watercolour by George Scharf (1788-1860)

Dendrocide excelsea (Wedd. ) Chew in Gard. Bull. Singapore
Annotated drawing by Ferdinand Bauer of Dendrocnide excelsa (Weddell) Chew (1965)

The King of Beasts
Plate 16 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated with designs by Joseph Wolf, London 1874

A Race For Life
Plate 12 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated by designs by Joseph Wolf, London 1874

A Tropical Bathing-Place
Plate 10 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated by designs by Joseph Wolf, London 1874

Strategy Versus Strength
Plate 7 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated by designs by Joseph Wolf, London 1874

Pleistocene Britain, Swanscombe waterhole
Diorama of Pleistocene (1.8 million to 11, 000 years ago) waterhole in Swanscombe, Kent, Britain, with elephant, fallow deer, rhinoceros, bear, bison, and man living in open grassland. See image 405

Coragyps atratus, black vulture
Plate 106 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Raphicerus melanotis, cape grysbok
Ff. 17. Annotated Antelope tragulus, Melanotis... Greis-bock in Dutch. Painting by George Forster (1754-1794), made during Captain Cooks second voyage of discovery, 1772-1775

Taurotragus oryx, eland

Antelope head
Drawing by George Forster (1754-1794), made during Captain James Cooks second voyage of discovery, 1772-1775

Polypodium barometz
The Tartarian lamb or vegetable lamb of Tartary. Dating from 1698 and formerly in the collections of Sir Hans Sloane

Oreotragus oreotragus, klipspringer
Ff. 29. Painting by George Forster (1754-1794), made during Captain James Cooks second voyage of discovery, 1772-1775

Artiodactyla (order), artiodactyl
Photograph of various artiodactyls, or even-toed ungulate mammal skeletons, held in the Osteology storeroom at the Natural History Museum, London

Regulus calendula, ruby-crowned kinglet
Plate 195 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Dendroica discolor, prairie warbler
Plate 14 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Axis porcinus, hog deer
Ff. 14. Annotated Cervus porcinus. Drawing by George Forster (1754-1794), made during Captain Cooks second voyage of discovery, 1772-1775

The Barometz or Sythian Lamb
From The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary 1887, by Henry Lee. Fig. 2 after Claude Duret

Ovis vignei vignei, Ladakh urial
Frontal view of skull with horns of Ovis vignei vignei, a urial wild sheep, from the Ladakh region of India

Adult ticks from domestic cattle in East Africa
These ticks are engorged with their hosts blood. To minimise the risk of drying out, they are plugged with cotton wool and usually inverted inside jars of spirit

Giraffes on steps, October 1903 at the Natural History Museu
More space to exhibit larger animals to an eager public fascinated by discoveries made on worldwide expeditions. This trio formed part of the new mammal display in 1903 along the first floor East

The King of Spain presenting an ibex, July 1927
At the request of George V, the presentation of a group of ibex by King Alfonso of Spain in July 1927 was kept informal. An unveiling ceremony took place at noon in the Central Hall

Antelope
Plate No. 32 by George Raper (c. 1768-1797), from an original drawing in the possession of Mr. Mason Cape-Good-Hope, 1792

Lachnolaimus maximus, hogfish
Hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby

Corvus corax, common raven
Plate 28 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Sus domesticus, pig
Plate 4 from The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands Vol. 2, 1842, by David Low (1786-1859). Entitled Berkshire Breed

Goat design
Drawing by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1875-1876. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Bison bonasus, European bison
Illustration from Gleanings of Natural History (1758-74) by George Edwards (1694-1773)

Chaeropus ecaudatus, pig-footed bandicoots
Pencil and chalk drawing by John Gould (1804-1881) c. 1845

Pantholops hodgsonii, chiru
Plate 146 from the collection of drawings of mammals and birds from Nepal, 1818-1858, by Bryan Houghton Hodgson (1800-1894)

Bos taurus, cattle
Jaw bone and teeth of the Chillingham breed of cattle. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

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