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Bovidae Collection

Background imageBovidae Collection: Homo habilis in action

Homo habilis in action
An 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

Background imageBovidae Collection: Ovis aries, sheep

Ovis aries, sheep
Plate 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

Background imageBovidae Collection: Connochaetes taurinus, Blue wildebeest

Connochaetes taurinus, Blue wildebeest
watercolour by William Cornwallis Harris. Entitled Catoblepas gorgon, Brindled Gnoo

Background imageBovidae Collection: Tragelaphus strepsiceros, Greater kudu

Tragelaphus strepsiceros, Greater kudu
Watercolour by William Cornwallis Harris. Entitled Strepsiceros capensis, Koodoo

Background imageBovidae Collection: Salix caprea, goat willow tree

Salix caprea, goat willow tree
An illustrative plate of goat willow foliage and catkins from the Botany Library Plate Collection, held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageBovidae Collection: Buffalo cart with wheels, Manila, Luzon, Philippines

Buffalo cart with wheels, Manila, Luzon, Philippines
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Background imageBovidae Collection: Antelope

Antelope
Ff. 24. Drawing by George Forster (1754-1794), made during Captain James Cooks second voyage of discovery, 1772-1775

Background imageBovidae Collection: Tragulus javanicus, lesser mouse-deer

Tragulus javanicus, lesser mouse-deer
Plate 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

Background imageBovidae Collection: Dwarf Zebu bull, Gambier Bolton

Dwarf Zebu bull, Gambier Bolton
Dwarf Zebu Bull photogrpaph by Gambier Bolton, F Zs 553, held at The Natural History Museum at Tring

Background imageBovidae Collection: Bullocks great auk (Pinguinus impennis) egg

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

Background imageBovidae Collection: Fig 100. Ceresa bubalus, buffalo tree-hopper

Fig 100. Ceresa bubalus, buffalo tree-hopper
An exploded line drawing of buffalo tree-hopper

Background imageBovidae Collection: Hemitragus jemlahicus, Himalayan tahr

Hemitragus jemlahicus, Himalayan tahr
Illustration from the Brian Houghton Hodgson Collection; c. 1850s Date: circa 1850

Background imageBovidae Collection: Gazelles in Natural History Museum

Gazelles in Natural History Museum
Photograph of Gazelles in the Lower Mammal Gallery. 5th July 1892 Archive ref: PH/173/3 Date: 1892

Background imageBovidae Collection: Thomsons Gazelles in Natural History Museum

Thomsons Gazelles in Natural History Museum
Photograph of Thomsons Gazelles in the Lower Mammal Gallery. 5th July 1892. Archive ref: PH/173/4 Date: 1892

Background imageBovidae Collection: Osteological Gallery. 5th July 1892

Osteological Gallery. 5th July 1892
Photograph of the Osteological Gallery. 5th July 1892. Archive ref: PH/173/2 Date: 1892

Background imageBovidae Collection: Rival Monarchs

Rival Monarchs
Plate 15 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated with designs by Joseph Wolf, London 1874. Date: 1874

Background imageBovidae Collection: Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas (1858-1929)

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

Background imageBovidae Collection: Bandages from a calf mummy

Bandages from a calf mummy

Background imageBovidae Collection: Buenos Ayres Bullock-wagons

Buenos Ayres Bullock-wagons
Illustration (p.150) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

Background imageBovidae Collection: Bubalus bubalis, Indian water buffalo

Bubalus bubalis, Indian water buffalo
These are the largest Indian water buffalo horns ever recorded, each almost 2 metres long

Background imageBovidae Collection: Madoqua saltiana, Salts dik-dik

Madoqua saltiana, Salts dik-dik
On 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

Background imageBovidae Collection: Mazama canepestris guaszuti design

Mazama canepestris guaszuti design
Drawing 62 Vol 1 by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1876. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s

Background imageBovidae Collection: Bison bison, American bison

Bison bison, American bison
Plate 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

Background imageBovidae Collection: Cow and calf design

Cow and calf 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

Background imageBovidae Collection: Antilope caudata, blackbuck

Antilope caudata, blackbuck
Plate 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)

Background imageBovidae Collection: Antilope cinerea, Chinese goral

Antilope cinerea, Chinese goral
Plate 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)

Background imageBovidae Collection: Antilope edwardsii, goral

Antilope edwardsii, goral
Plate 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)

Background imageBovidae Collection: Ovis nahoor

Ovis nahoor
Plate 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)

Background imageBovidae Collection: Bovidae (family), bovid

Bovidae (family), bovid
Plate 74 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)

Background imageBovidae Collection: Detail of manuscript text

Detail of manuscript text
Relating to Plate 103 from the Loten Collection, 1754-57, a painting depicting Tragulus javanicus, lesser mouse-deer, by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere (1722-c. 1781). Image under record 6372

Background imageBovidae Collection: Blade of grass from a cow

Blade of grass from a cow
Scanning electron microscope image of a blade of grass from a cows stomach (x 175 on a standard 9 cm wide print)

Background imageBovidae Collection: Folio 16 from A Collection of Flowers by John Edwards

Folio 16 from A Collection of Flowers by John Edwards
Folio 16 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageBovidae Collection: Hemitragus jemlahicus, tahr

Hemitragus jemlahicus, tahr

Background imageBovidae Collection: Budorcas taxicolor, takin

Budorcas taxicolor, takin
Plate 145a from the collection of drawings of mammals and birds from Nepal, 1818-1858, by Bryan Houghton Hodgson (1800-1894)

Background imageBovidae Collection: Buffalo cart with runners, Philippines

Buffalo cart with runners, Philippines
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Background imageBovidae Collection: Tetracerus quadricornis, four-horned antelope jaw

Tetracerus quadricornis, four-horned antelope jaw
Tetracerus quadricornis, four-horned antelope. Jaw specimen taken from the collection at the Natural History Museum. Specimen ref is 56.9.22.11

Background imageBovidae Collection: Gazella gazella, Arabian gazelle

Gazella gazella, Arabian gazelle
Arabian Gazelle, antelope arabica. Plate 5 from Symbolae Physicae section: Zoologica I. Mammalia by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1795-1876)

Background imageBovidae Collection: Capra nubiana, nubian ibex

Capra nubiana, nubian ibex
Adult male and female and juvenile female. Plate 18 from Symbolae Physicae section: Zoologica I. Mammalia by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1795-1876)

Background imageBovidae Collection: Pantholops hodgsonii, tiibetan antelope or chiru

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

Background imageBovidae Collection: Pantholops hodgsonii (Tibetan antelope or chiru)

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

Background imageBovidae Collection: Connochaetes gnou, black wildebeest

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

Background imageBovidae Collection: Detail of terracotta panel showing ibex

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)

Background imageBovidae Collection: Oryx gazella, gemsbok

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

Background imageBovidae Collection: Capra hircus, goat

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

Background imageBovidae Collection: Ammodorcas clarkei, Clarks gazelle

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

Background imageBovidae Collection: Oryx dammah, scimitar-horned oryx

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

Background imageBovidae Collection: Dendrocide excelsea (Wedd. ) Chew in Gard. Bull. Singapore

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



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