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Cervidae Collection

Background imageCervidae Collection: Cladognathus sp. stag beetle

Cladognathus sp. stag beetle
A specimen of a large stag beetle from Asia. Stag beetles belong to the family (Lucanidae). Only male stag beetles have horns or antlers

Background imageCervidae Collection: Great Irish Elk, Megatherium

Great Irish Elk, Megatherium
Original artwork by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, donated by his granddaughter Mary Hawkins

Background imageCervidae Collection: Muntiacus muntjak, Indian muntjac

Muntiacus muntjak, Indian muntjac
Zoological drawing 6 (1:6) Cervus plicatus

Background imageCervidae Collection: The Avalanche

The Avalanche
Plate 20 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated withdesigns by Joseph Wolf, London 1874

Background imageCervidae Collection: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins & giant Elk model

Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins & giant Elk model
Image is believed to have been taken during this work in Central Park, New York

Background imageCervidae 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 imageCervidae Collection: Prosopocoilus confucius (Hope), stag beetle

Prosopocoilus confucius (Hope), stag beetle
Detail of a stag beetle (Prosopocoilus confucius) native to N. India, China and southeast towards Vietnam

Background imageCervidae Collection: Lucanus cervus Linnaeus, stag beetle

Lucanus cervus Linnaeus, stag beetle
Classis I Tab V from Insecten-Belustigung 1746-61, Volume 2 by August Johann R� von Rosenhof (1705-1759)

Background imageCervidae Collection: Reindeer antler from Neschers

Reindeer antler from Neschers
This 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

Background imageCervidae Collection: The Ambuscade

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

Background imageCervidae Collection: Homo neanderthalensis hunting in Swanscombe

Homo neanderthalensis hunting in Swanscombe
A 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

Background imageCervidae Collection: Megaloceros gigantius, giant deer

Megaloceros gigantius, giant deer
Also known as the Irish Elk. Model of a male based on specimens found in Ireland from the late Pleistocene

Background imageCervidae Collection: English Insects illustration of Stag beetles by James Barbut

English Insects illustration of Stag beetles by James Barbut
Illustrated plate from The Genera Insectorum of Linnaeus exemplified by various specimens of English insects drawn from Nature (1781) by James Barbut

Background imageCervidae Collection: Maternal Courage

Maternal Courage
Plate 14 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated with designs by Joseph Wolf, London 1874. Date: 1874

Background imageCervidae Collection: The Avalanche

The Avalanche
Plate 20 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated withdesigns by Joseph Wolf, London 1874. Date: 1874

Background imageCervidae Collection: Pygmy elephant tooth

Pygmy elephant tooth shown here next to one of normal size. Discovered around 1901 by Dorothea Bate (1878 - 1951)

Background imageCervidae Collection: Stag Beetle Collection of Hughes Bomans

Stag Beetle Collection of Hughes Bomans
A sample from some 32, 000 stag beetles collected by French entomologist Hughes Bomans

Background imageCervidae Collection: British Museum (Natural History) New Fossil Mammal Gallery P

British Museum (Natural History) New Fossil Mammal Gallery P
A 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

Background imageCervidae Collection: Cervus unicolor brookei

Cervus unicolor brookei
Photograph of BM(NH) 1.3.13.1 Cervus unicolor brookei, Sarawak

Background imageCervidae Collection: Megaloceros, Irish elk

Megaloceros, Irish elk
Also known as Irish elk, Megaloceros lived across Europe and western Asia until it became extinct about 8, 000 years ago

Background imageCervidae Collection: Chiasognathus grantii Stephens, stag beetle

Chiasognathus grantii Stephens, stag beetle
This member of the Lucanidae family was written about by Charles Darwin in chapter 10 of his book The Descent of Man

Background imageCervidae Collection: Hoxnian anters, bones & hand axe from Swanscombe

Hoxnian anters, bones & hand axe from Swanscombe
Part of a deer antler, fragment of elephant bone and flint hand axe all discovered at Swanscombe, Kent, south of the River Thames

Background imageCervidae Collection: Cervus unicolor brookei, sambar deer

Cervus unicolor brookei, sambar deer
Photograph of BM(NH) 1.3.13.1 Cervus unicolor brookei, Sarawak

Background imageCervidae Collection: Moschus chrysogaster, alpine musk deer

Moschus chrysogaster, alpine musk deer
Plate 191 from the collection of drawings of mammals and birds from Nepal, 1818-1858, by Bryan Houghton Hodgson (1800-1894)

Background imageCervidae Collection: Cervidae (family), deer

Cervidae (family), deer
Balgowan (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)

Background imageCervidae Collection: Capreolus capreolus, western roe deer

Capreolus capreolus, western roe deer
Plate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)

Background imageCervidae Collection: Cervus xanthopygus, deer

Cervus xanthopygus, deer
Plate 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)

Background imageCervidae Collection: Dama dama, fallow deer

Dama dama, fallow deer
Plate 38 from British Mammals Vol. 1 & 2 by Archibald Thorburn, 1920-21

Background imageCervidae Collection: Cervulus lacrymans

Cervulus lacrymans
Plate 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)

Background imageCervidae Collection: Moschus moschiferus, Siberian musk deer

Moschus moschiferus, Siberian musk deer
Plate 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)

Background imageCervidae Collection: Elaphodus cephalophus, tufted deer

Elaphodus cephalophus, tufted deer
Plate 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)

Background imageCervidae Collection: Giant deer, February 1893. The Natural History Museum, Lond

Giant deer, February 1893. The Natural History Museum, Lond
Photographed by J.D

Background imageCervidae 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 imageCervidae Collection: Antler baton (Goughs Cave)

Antler baton (Goughs Cave)
Reindeer antler baton excavated from Goughs Cave, Cheddar, Somerset dated at around 14, 000 to 12, 000 years old, (Creswellian)

Background imageCervidae Collection: English Insects illustration by James Barbut

English Insects illustration by James Barbut
Illustrated plate from The Genera Insectorum of Linnaeus exemplified by various specimens of English insects drawn from Nature (1781) by James Barbut

Background imageCervidae Collection: Moschiola meminna, Indian spotted chevrotain

Moschiola meminna, Indian spotted chevrotain
Plate 104 from the Loten Collection (1754-57), a painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere (1722-c. 1781)

Background imageCervidae Collection: Spiral axis of Archimedes, bryozoan

Spiral axis of Archimedes, bryozoan
Archimedes, was a bryozoan possibly living in association with an alga. From the Lower Carboniferous limestone, Iowa, USA. c. 350-330 million years old

Background imageCervidae Collection: The King of Beasts

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

Background imageCervidae Collection: A Race For Life

A Race For Life
Plate 12 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated by designs by Joseph Wolf, London 1874

Background imageCervidae Collection: Strategy Versus Strength

Strategy Versus Strength
Plate 7 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated by designs by Joseph Wolf, London 1874

Background imageCervidae Collection: Coragyps atratus, black vulture

Coragyps atratus, black vulture
Plate 106 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Background imageCervidae Collection: Axis porcinus, hog deer

Axis porcinus, hog deer
Ff. 14. Annotated Cervus porcinus. Drawing by George Forster (1754-1794), made during Captain Cooks second voyage of discovery, 1772-1775

Background imageCervidae Collection: Megaceros giganteus, giant deer

Megaceros giganteus, giant deer
Head of a female giant deer (Megaceros giganteus) skeleton from the Pleistocene epoch, on display in the Mammals and Whale Gallery at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageCervidae Collection: Upper Palaeolithic carvings 11 - 18, 000 years old

Upper Palaeolithic carvings 11 - 18, 000 years old
Top: Reindeer carved from the tip of a mammoth tusk from Montastruc, France. Bottom: Bone spear-thrower with reindeer carving from Laugerie Basse, France

Background imageCervidae Collection: Lucanus cervus L. male stag beetle

Lucanus cervus L. male stag beetle
A close-up of the head of a male stag beetle. It is only the male stag beetles which have antlers. The stag beetle is the U.Ks largest beetle

Background imageCervidae Collection: Rangifer tarandus, caribou

Rangifer tarandus, caribou

Background imageCervidae Collection: Odocoileus virginianus leucurus, Columbian white-tailed deer

Odocoileus virginianus leucurus, Columbian white-tailed deer
Cervus Leucurus (Douglass), Long-Tailed Deer (Male). Plate 118 from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, Vol. 3, 1848, by John James Audubon (1785-1851) and John Bachman (1790-1874)

Background imageCervidae Collection: Odocoileus virginianus, white-tailed deer

Odocoileus virginianus, white-tailed deer
Cervus Virginianus (Pennant), Common American Deer (Fawn). Plate 81 from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, Vol. 2, 1846, by John James Audubon (1785-1851) and John Bachman (1790-1874)

Background imageCervidae Collection: Cervus elaphus, red deer

Cervus elaphus, red deer
Cervus Canadensis (Ray), American Elk, Wapiti Deer (Male and Female). Plate 62 from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, Vol

Background imageCervidae Collection: Sylvilagus aquaticus, swamp rabbit

Sylvilagus aquaticus, swamp rabbit
Lepus Aquaticus (Bachman), Swamp Hare (Male). Plate 37 from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, Vol. 1, 1845, by John James Audubon (1785-1851) and John Bachman (1790-1874)

Background imageCervidae Collection: Lepus americanus, snowshoe hare

Lepus americanus, snowshoe hare
Lepus Americanus (Erxlebein), Northern Hare (Summer. Male and Female). Plate 11 from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, Vol

Background imageCervidae Collection: Lepus townsendii, white-tailed jack rabbit

Lepus townsendii, white-tailed jack rabbit
Lepus Townsendii (Bachman), Townsends Rocky Mountain Hare (Male and Female). Plate 3 from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, Vol

Background imageCervidae Collection: Bubo bubo, northern eagle-owl

Bubo bubo, northern eagle-owl
Watercolour and pencil by Edward Julius Detmold (c. 1930)


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