Carnivora Collection (page 2)

Egyptian mummified cat
Photograph of an Egyptian mummified cat. Over 2000 years ago, an ancient Egyptian painstakingly wrapped and embalmed this domestic cat as a religious offering to an animal-headed god

Weddell seal skull, Leptonychotes weddellii
Specimen collected by Robert Falcon Scotts British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, also known as the Terra Nova expedition

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

Naturally mummified Felis catus, cat
Dried cat found during the demolishing of property on the Duke of Bedfords estate. May 1915. The cat is thought to be approximately 300 years old and had been buried in an air-tight brick-lined cavity

Catopuma temminckii, Asian golden cat
Felis temminckii. 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)

Chaetodon lunula, raccoon butterflyfish
Ff. 27a Vol 2. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771

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

Martes flavigula, yellow-throated marten
Plate from the collection of drawings of mammals and birds from Nepal, 1818-1858, by Bryan Houghton Hodgson (1800-1894)

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

Nasua nasua coati, South American coati
Watercolour by Frederick Frohawk, 1902, from London Zoo resident Date: 1902

The Shadow Dance
Plate 17 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated with designs by Joseph Wolf, London 1874. Date: 1874

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

Canis sp. Eskimo Dog called Arctic King
Articulated skeleton of an Canis sp. Eskimo Dog called Arctic King

Drawing of a seal intestine by Edward Wilson. Drawn during the Terra Nova expedition to the South Pole 1910-1913

Ursus maritimus, Polar bear
Part of the collection amassed by Walter Rothschild in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. On display at the Natural History Museum at Tring

Raised beaches, Patagonis
Illustration (p.182) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

Fox
An illustration (Plate 7, Mammals) from the Zoology of the Beagle

Bulldog shark illustration
One of 67 original water colour drawings of Mammals, Reptiles and Fish found at King Georges Sound, Western Australia, and in its neighbourhood; accompanied by manuscript notes by Neill, Robert

Illustration of a seal intestine
Drawing of a seal intestine by Edward Wilson. Drawn during the Terra Nova expedition to the South Pole 1910-1913

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

Taxidermist working on wolf teeth, 1935
One of the several behind-the-scenes shots taken for the February 1935 edition of Weekly Illustrated, 1st Class Technical Assistant Percy Stammwitz adds final touches to the teeth of a wolf

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

Bulldog cranium 1906
Specimen number D94, Bulldog, Canis lupus familiaris. Juvenille bulldog skull, from dog called Neotsfield. 1906

Canis lupus dingo, dingo
Dog of New South Wales. Drawing 52 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)

Ibis, monkey, common genet and crow 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

Felis silvestris ornata, Asian steppe wildcat
Felis ornata. 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)

Potorous tridactylus, long-nosed potoroo
Poto Roo. Drawing 59 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)

Iguana, delundung, racoon and gecko design
Four springers in entrance hall. Drawing by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1876

Dog, owl and eagle 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

Panther 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

Dasyurus viverrinus, eastern native cat or quoll
Native names Mer-re-a-gan and Din-e-gow-a. Detail from drawing 84, possibly by Thomas Watling (1762 -c. 1814), from the Thomas Watling Drawings Collection, 1788-c

Ailurus fulgens, red panda
Plate 96 from the collection of drawings of mammals and birds from Nepal, 1818-1858, by Bryan Houghton Hodgson (1800-1894)

Lepus europaeus, European brown hare and Mustela nivalis, le
Hare and Weasel. Plate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)

Microchiroptera (suborder), microbat
Photograph of the left side view of the skull of a microbat, measuring 4cm, with its relatively short snout and lower jaw

Pteropus poliocephalus, grey-headed flying fox
The cranial view of the skull of a grey-headed flying fox; a megabat measuring 7cm. The long snout helps it to smell out fruit. See also 40857

Lepus timidus, Mustela erminea and Mustela nivalis
Arctic hare, ermine and least weasel. Mountain hare, stoat and weasel. Plate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c

Martes martes, European pine marten
Plate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)

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