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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
Skull of a pigmy hippoModel of a pigmy hippo skull from Cyprus
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
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
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
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
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins & giant Elk modelImage is believed to have been taken during this work in Central Park, New York
Andrewsarchus mongoliencis, Skull castCast of the only known cranium of Andrewsarchus mongoliensis from the Eocene of Irdin Manha, China (original is in the AMNH)
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
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
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
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
The AmbuscadePlate 19 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated with designs by Joseph Wolf, London 1874. Date: 1875
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
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
Camelus sp. camelA camel train walking across the deserts of Arabia
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
Ipswichian interglacialPossible scene in Trafalgar Square, London, during the Ipswichian interglacial period (135, 000-70, 000 years before present) with hyena, elephant, hippopotamus, and lion
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
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
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
British Museum (Natural History) New Fossil Mammal Gallery PA poster advertising the New Fossil Mammal Gallery Pleistocene Section which opened in 1970. One of the many fossils displayed in the gallery was a Giant Irish Elk, which is depicted in this poster
Cervus unicolor brookeiPhotograph of BM(NH) 1.3.13.1 Cervus unicolor brookei, Sarawak
Sus scrofa, European wild boarEuropean wild boar piglets. Stuffed specimens on display in Gallery 5 at the Natural History Museum at Tring, part of the Natural History Museum, London
Megaloceros, Irish elkAlso known as Irish elk, Megaloceros lived across Europe and western Asia until it became extinct about 8, 000 years ago
Buenos Ayres Bullock-wagonsIllustration (p.150) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890
Exhibition of a giraffe to the publicA printed poster advertising the last week of the magnificent living Giraffe or camelopardalis with its Nubian attendant
Bubalus bubalis, Indian water buffaloThese are the largest Indian water buffalo horns ever recorded, each almost 2 metres long
Chiasognathus grantii Stephens, stag beetleThis member of the Lucanidae family was written about by Charles Darwin in chapter 10 of his book The Descent of Man
Exhibition of a giraffe to the public, ManchesterA printed poster advertising the exhibition of a giraffe from the Surrey Zoological Gardens, displayed in Piccadilly, Manchester
Madoqua saltiana, Salts dik-dikOn display in the Natural History Museums whale and mammal gallery (number 24). Its common name, dik-dik (or dikdik) is thought to have dervied from the sound it makes whilst running
Hoxnian anters, bones & hand axe from SwanscombePart of a deer antler, fragment of elephant bone and flint hand axe all discovered at Swanscombe, Kent, south of the River Thames
Cervus unicolor brookei, sambar deerPhotograph of BM(NH) 1.3.13.1 Cervus unicolor brookei, Sarawak
Boys sketching giraffes, 1949. The Natural History MuseumFor the really keen young naturalist aged between 10 and 15, a Junior Naturalists Club was established. Entry was gained by producing a piece of fieldwork to prove ones dedication to the study of
Simias sp. pig-tailed monkey from SumatraIllustration from Gleanings of Natural History (1758-74) by George Edwards (1694-1773)
Mazama canepestris guaszuti designDrawing 62 Vol 1 by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1876. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s
Bison bison, American bisonPlate 123 (414) Le Bison d Amerique from Histoire Naturelle des Mammifcres, avec des figures originales, Vol. 1, 1819-42, by Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Baron Georges L. C. Frederic D. Cuvier
Cow and calf designDrawing 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
Moschus chrysogaster, alpine musk deerPlate 191 from the collection of drawings of mammals and birds from Nepal, 1818-1858, by Bryan Houghton Hodgson (1800-1894)
Sonchus palustris, marsh sow-thistleOne of the 36 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the North Hall at the Natural History Museum, London
Cervidae (family), deerBalgowan (deer park in Perthshire, Scotland). Plate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)
Capreolus capreolus, western roe deerPlate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)
Sus sp. hog, Siamese breedPlate 2 from The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands Vol. 2, 1842, by David Low (1786-1859)
Sus scrofa, wild boarPlate 1 from The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands Vol. 2, 1842, by David Low (1786-1859). Entitled Wild Boar and Sow
Cervus xanthopygus, deerPlate 21 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)
Antilope caudata, blackbuckPlate 23 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)
Lama glama, llamaLlama. Llama Glama, July 23 1884. Hand coloured lithograph of a drawing by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins from Gleanings from the Menagerie and Aviary at Knowsley Hall; Hoofed Quadrupeds, 1850
Dama dama, fallow deerPlate 38 from British Mammals Vol. 1 & 2 by Archibald Thorburn, 1920-21
Antilope cinerea, Chinese goralPlate 70 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)
Antilope edwardsii, goralPlate 72 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)
Cervulus lacrymansPlate 63 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)
Ovis nahoorPlate 68 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)
Moschus moschiferus, Siberian musk deerPlate 19 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)
Hexaprotodon liberiensis, hippopotamusPlate 1 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)
Elaphodus cephalophus, tufted deerPlate 65 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)