Lama pacos, alpacaAlpaca. Llama Alpaca, 1884. Hand coloured lithograph of a drawing by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins from Gleanings from the Menagerie and Aviary at Knowsley Hall; Hoofed Quadrupeds, 1850
Cladognathus sp. stag beetleA specimen of a large stag beetle from Asia. Stag beetles belong to the family (Lucanidae). Only male stag beetles have horns or antlers
Homo habilis in actionAn illustration by Angus McBride showing Homo habilis using tools to kill an Antelope. Homo habilis lived in East Africa between 1.6 and 2 million years ago
Bactrian Camel. UkraineBactrian Camel (Camelus Bactrianus) at the Genoese Fortress. Sudak. Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Ukraine
Ovis aries, sheepPlate 2 from The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands Vol. 2, 1842, by David Low (1786-1859). Entitled Breed of the Higher Welsh Mountains
Skull of a pigmy hippoModel of a pigmy hippo skull from Cyprus
Great Irish Elk, MegatheriumOriginal artwork by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, donated by his granddaughter Mary Hawkins
Connochaetes taurinus, Blue wildebeestwatercolour by William Cornwallis Harris. Entitled Catoblepas gorgon, Brindled Gnoo
Tragelaphus strepsiceros, Greater kuduWatercolour by William Cornwallis Harris. Entitled Strepsiceros capensis, Koodoo
Hunting the Giraffe by William C HarrisColour lithograph c. 1836 Date: circa 1836
Anoplotherium commune & gracile, PalaeotheriumSheet 4 of a series of posters called Extinct Animals by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins c. 1862. This collection of mammals could be found during the Eocene epoch some 50 million years ago
Salix caprea, goat willow treeAn illustrative plate of goat willow foliage and catkins from the Botany Library Plate Collection, held at the Natural History Museum, London
Muntiacus muntjak, Indian muntjacZoological drawing 6 (1:6) Cervus plicatus. Pencil outline, lateral and front views, of head of Indian muntjac, made by Sydney Parkinson (1745-1771) during Captain Cooks first voyage of discovery
Buffalo cart with wheels, Manila, Luzon, PhilippinesA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Babyrousa babyrussa, babirusaPlate 106 from the Loten Collection (1754-57), a painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere (1722-c. 1781)
Sus moupinensis, wild hogPlate 80 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)
The AvalanchePlate 20 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated withdesigns by Joseph Wolf, London 1874
AntelopeFf. 24. Drawing by George Forster (1754-1794), made during Captain James Cooks second voyage of discovery, 1772-1775
Andrewsarchus mongoliencis, Skull castCast of the only known cranium of Andrewsarchus mongoliensis from the Eocene of Irdin Manha, China (original is in the AMNH)
Prosopocoilus confucius (Hope), stag beetleDetail of a stag beetle (Prosopocoilus confucius) native to N. India, China and southeast towards Vietnam
Lucanus cervus Linnaeus, stag beetleClassis I Tab V from Insecten-Belustigung 1746-61, Volume 2 by August Johann R von Rosenhof (1705-1759)
Cephalopina titillator, camel nasal botfly larvaeSpecimen of a camel nasal botfly (Cephalopina titillator) larvae collected from a camels nostrils, Chad, Africa. Photographed by Martin Hall
The comparative sizes of extinct animalsPrinted poster, unknown author
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins & giant Elk modelImage is believed to have been taken during this work in Central Park, New York
Dwarf Zebu bull, Gambier BoltonDwarf Zebu Bull photogrpaph by Gambier Bolton, F Zs 553, held at The Natural History Museum at Tring
Bullocks great auk (Pinguinus impennis) egg held in the Natural History Museum at Tring. The great auk was hunted to extinction in the middle of the 19th Century. 1962.1.5 (composite image) Date: 1962
Wild Sports of South Africa, William HarrisTitle page to William Harriss collection of drawings from 1839. Date: 1839
Tragulus javanicus, lesser mouse-deerPlate 103 from the Loten Collection (1754-57), a painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere (1722-c. 1781). See image reference 6373 for manuscript relating to image
Homo neanderthalensis hunting in SwanscombeA Homo neanderthalensis group hunting fallow deer on the banks of the river Thames at modern day Swanscombe, Kent 400, 000 years ago. Illustration by Angus McBride
Megaloceros gigantius, giant deerAlso known as the Irish Elk. Model of a male based on specimens found in Ireland from the late Pleistocene
English Insects illustration of Stag beetles by James BarbutIllustrated plate from The Genera Insectorum of Linnaeus exemplified by various specimens of English insects drawn from Nature (1781) by James Barbut
Fig 100. Ceresa bubalus, buffalo tree-hopperAn exploded line drawing of buffalo tree-hopper
Giraffa camelopardalis, giraffePlate 412 (332) Girafe, Femelle. From Histoire Naturelle des Mammifcres, avec des figures originales, Vol. 4, 1819-42, by Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Baron Georges L. C. Frederic D. Cuvier
The Rowland Ward dioramaA young and adult giraffe in the Rowland Ward Diorama at the Natural History Museum, London. This display was removed in 2004
Reindeer antler from NeschersThis reindeer antler from Neschers in France is engraved with a stylised horse. It was created by early humans and found between 1830 and 1848. Date: 1830
Hemitragus jemlahicus, Himalayan tahrIllustration from the Brian Houghton Hodgson Collection; c. 1850s Date: circa 1850
Gazelles in Natural History MuseumPhotograph of Gazelles in the Lower Mammal Gallery. 5th July 1892 Archive ref: PH/173/3 Date: 1892
Thomsons Gazelles in Natural History MuseumPhotograph of Thomsons Gazelles in the Lower Mammal Gallery. 5th July 1892. Archive ref: PH/173/4 Date: 1892
Osteological Gallery. 5th July 1892Photograph of the Osteological Gallery. 5th July 1892. Archive ref: PH/173/2 Date: 1892
The AmbuscadePlate 19 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated with designs by Joseph Wolf, London 1874. Date: 1875
Rival MonarchsPlate 15 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated with designs by Joseph Wolf, London 1874. Date: 1874
Maternal CouragePlate 14 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated with designs by Joseph Wolf, London 1874. Date: 1874
The AvalanchePlate 20 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated withdesigns by Joseph Wolf, London 1874. Date: 1874
Protoceras, extinct genus of Artiodactyla, endemic to North America.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1916
Pygmy elephant tooth shown here next to one of normal size. Discovered around 1901 by Dorothea Bate (1878 - 1951)
Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas (1858-1929)Portrait of Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas, a British zoologist. Painting, oil on canvas, by J. Ernest Braun, 1904. Original held at the Natural History Museum, London
Stag Beetle Collection of Hughes BomansA sample from some 32, 000 stag beetles collected by French entomologist Hughes Bomans
Bandages from a calf mummy