Big Cat Collection

Neofelis nebulosa diardi, clouded leopard
Felis diardi. Plate from A Monograph of the Felidae, or Family of the Cats, 1833, by Daniel Giraud Elliot. One of 43 hand-coloured lithographs by Joseph Wolf (1820-1899) and Joseph Smit (1836-1929)

Panthera leo senegalensis, West African Lion
Plate 45 (117) Le Lion du Senegal. 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

Pterodactyl and scimitar-toothed lion 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

Panthera tigris, tiger
Felis tigris. Plate from A Monograph of the Felidae, or Family of the Cats, 1833, by Daniel Giraud Elliot. Illustrated with 43 hand-coloured lithographs from watercolour drawings by Joseph Wolf

Barbary lion skull
Oldest UK skull of a North African Barbary lion, Panthera leo leo, dated to 1280-1385. The lion was part of the royal zoo in the Tower of London 700 years ago

Odontaspis robusta, sand tiger shark teeth
Odontaspis robusta from the Early Eocene rocks of Abbey Wood, Kent. Anterior teeth (tall, slender) and lateral teeth (triangular) are shown

The Ambuscade
Plate 19 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated with designs by Joseph Wolf, London 1874. Date: 1875

Panthera leo melanochaitus, cape Lion
This mounted skin was sent to the Museum in 1954. Shot near South Africas Orange River in about 1830, by Captain Copland-Crawford of the Royal Artillery

Lion skull viewed from the front
Remains found in the moat of the Tower of London during the 1930s, now in the collections at the Natural History Museum

Morelia spilota, Jaguar carpet python
Morelia spilota are large snakes of the Pythonidae family

Children examining tiger, c. 1927. The Natural History Muse
This white tiger was shot in the Rewa jungle in early 1925 by the Maharajah Gulab Singh. The Maharajah presented this animal to George V, who in turn loaned the specimen to the Museum in February 1926

Nepal tiger, 1913. The Natural History Museum, London

Lions in debris, 1944. The Natural History Museum, London
The flying bomb of 11 July 1944 followed one on 5 July, and together the two did a great deal of damage, as can be seen here in the Lower Mammal Gallery

Bechuana Hunting a Lion (Plate 35 / 36)
An illustration by Captain (later Sir) William Cornwallis Harris (1807-1848), an officer in the Indian army and an acclaimed naturalist who travelled though South Africa

A puma-leopard hybrid
A hybrid of a puma and a leopard, (about 1 metre in length) on display at the Natural History Museum at Tring. Close-up of head

Felis fontanierii, North China panther
Plate 30 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)

Panthera pardus nimr, Arabian leopard
Arabin leopards, arabia felici, Panthera pardus nimr. Plate 17 from Symbolae Physicae section: Zoologica I. Mammalia by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1795-1876)

Panthera onca, jaguar
Close-up of Jaguar (Panthera onca) skin. The Jaguar is the largest of the New World Cats. It can be found in the Jungles of South and Central America

Panthera pardus, leopard
Partial leopard skull viewed from the right. Remains found in the moat of the Tower of London during the 1930s. Now held in the collections at the Natural History Museum, London

Lion skull with lower jaw viewed from left side
Remains found in the moat of the Tower of London during the 1930s, now in the collections at the Natural History Museum

Detail shot of partially infilled foramen magnum lion skull
Remains found in the moat of the Tower of London during the 1930s, now in the collections at the Natural History Museum

Lion skull with lower jaw viewed from right side
Remains found in the moat of the Tower of London during the 1930s, now in the collections at the Natural History Museum

Panthera leo, lion
Lion skull viewed from the rear. Remains found in the moat of the Tower of London during the 1930s. Now held in the collections at the Natural History Museum, London

Tiger specimen, c. 1925
Children viewing a mounted tiger specimen at the Natural History Museum, London

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

The Siesta
Plate 9 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated by designs by Joseph Wolf, London 1874

The Struggle
Plate 3 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated by designs by Joseph Wolf, London 1874

Casts of artifacts from Czech Republic
Ivory running lion, ivory ornamant and a lionesss head in fired clay; all 25, 000 - 30, 000 years old (Upper Palaeolithic) from Dolni Vestonice, Czech Republic

Man carrying stuffed mammals for the Game Animals of the Emp
The Game Animals of the Empire exhibition opened in the newly built Whale Hall in 1932, as finances dictated that installation of the skeletons and models of whales had to be postponed

Guide Lecturer, 1932
A guide lecturer in 1932 shows visitors around the Game Animals of the Empire exhibition in the Natural History Museum, London

Panthera tigris corbetti, Indochinese tiger
Tiger skin from Laobao, Vietnam. Specimen held at The Natural History Museum, London

Panthera tigris virgata, Persian tiger
Female tiger skin from Afghanistan. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Panthera onca, jaguar and Tapirus indicus, Asian tapir
Felis onca. Plate from A Monograph of the Felidae, or Family of the Cats, 1833, by Daniel Giraud Elliot. Illustrated with 43 hand-coloured lithographs from watercolour drawings by Joseph Wolf

Prionailurus euptilura, Amur leopard cat

Lion
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

Uncia uncia, snow leopard
Felis uncia. Plate from A Monograph of the Felidae, or Family of the Cats, 1833, by Daniel Giraud Elliot. Illustrated with 43 hand-coloured lithographs from watercolour drawings by Joseph Wolf

Panthera tigris balica, Balinese tiger
Tiger skin from Bali. Specimen held at The Natural History Museum, London

Panthera tigris tigris, Bengal tiger
Tiger skin from Bengal. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Panthera tigris sondaica, Javan tiger
Tiger skin from Java. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Lion skull with lower jaw viewed from the front
Remains found in the moat of the Tower of London during the 1930s, now in the collections at the Natural History Museum

Panthera pardus pardus, African leopard
Photograph of an African leopard skin specimen from West Africa

Child looking at a tiger exhibit
Specimens on display at the Natural History Museum at Tring, part of the Natural History Museum, London

Panthera tigris sumatrae, Sumatran tiger
Photograph of a Sumatran tiger skin specimen. Collection number 1935.4.6.3

Leopardus pardalis, ocelot
Felis pardalis (Linnaeus), Ocelot or Leopard-Cat (Male). Plate 86 from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, Vol. 2, 1846, by John James Audubon (1785-1851) and John Bachman (1790-1874)

Ipswichian interglacial
Possible scene in Trafalgar Square, London, during the Ipswichian interglacial period (135, 000-70, 000 years before present) with hyena, elephant, hippopotamus, and lion

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