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Diprotodontia Collection

Background imageDiprotodontia Collection: Thylacinus cynocephalus, thylacine

Thylacinus cynocephalus, thylacine
The last known thylacine, or Tasmanian Wolf, to survive in captivity. It died on 7 September 1936 in the Beaumaris Zoo, Hobart, Tasmania

Background imageDiprotodontia Collection: Petaurus breviceps ariel, sugar glider

Petaurus breviceps ariel, sugar glider
Petaurus breviceps ariel (Gould, 1849) sugar glider. BMNH 1842.5.26.1, female skin & skull, lectotype photographed next to specimen BMNH 1855.12.24.308 paralectotype skin

Background imageDiprotodontia Collection: Macropus giganteus, eastern gray kangaroo and Xanthorrhoea s

Macropus giganteus, eastern gray kangaroo and Xanthorrhoea s
Gum-plant, and Kangooroo of New Holland. Drawing 56 By George Raper, 1789

Background imageDiprotodontia Collection: Group of Kangaroos by Gambier Bolton

Group of Kangaroos by Gambier Bolton
Group of Kangaroos photogrpaph by Gambier Bolton, F Zs 553, held at The Natural History Museum at Tring

Background imageDiprotodontia Collection: Emu, rheas and kangaroos at Tring Park

Emu, rheas and kangaroos at Tring Park
Live animals collected by Walter Rothschild in the grounds of Tring Park, with keeper Mr Marcham, 1890 Date: 1890

Background imageDiprotodontia Collection: Vombatus ursinus, common wombat

Vombatus ursinus, common wombat
Plate 8 from a collection of 49 original watercolour drawings of animals by Ferdinand Lucas Bauer (1760-1826), from the H.M.S. Investigator expedition to Australia, 1801-1803

Background imageDiprotodontia Collection: Bettongia penicillata, brush-tailed bettong

Bettongia penicillata, brush-tailed bettong
Plate 61 of Bettongia penicillata, brush-tailed bettong from John Goulds The Mammals of Australia, Vol. II 1863

Background imageDiprotodontia Collection: Caloprymnus campestris, Desert rat-kangaroo

Caloprymnus campestris, Desert rat-kangaroo
The Desert-rat kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris) is an extinct marsupial that lived in Australia. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Harry Taylor, 2010

Background imageDiprotodontia Collection: Lemur skulls from Madagascar

Lemur skulls from Madagascar
Two skulls show the incredible diversity of lemurs on Madagascar

Background imageDiprotodontia Collection: Potorous tridactylus, long-nosed potoroo

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

Background imageDiprotodontia Collection: Petaurus australis, yellow-bellied glider

Petaurus australis, yellow-bellied glider
Hepoona Roo. Drawing 47 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)

Background imageDiprotodontia Collection: Phalangista rulpin, possum

Phalangista rulpin, possum
Phalangista rulpina. Plate 16 from Mammals of Australia Volume 1, by John Gould, 1863

Background imageDiprotodontia Collection: Macropus laniger, great red kangaroo

Macropus laniger, great red kangaroo
Macropus laniger. From A Monograph of the Macropodid, or family of Kangaroos, 1841 by John Gould (1804-1881)

Background imageDiprotodontia Collection: Macropus sp. kangaroo

Macropus sp. kangaroo
Zoological drawing 4 (1:4) Kanguru. Probably the first European drawing of a kangaroo, by Sydney Parkinson (1745-1771), made during Captain Cooks first voyage of discovery, 1768-1771

Background imageDiprotodontia Collection: Macropus robustus, Euro wallaroo

Macropus robustus, Euro wallaroo
Zoological drawing 5 (1:5). Watercolour study of skull and lower jaws of a wallaroo by Nathaniel Dance (1735-1811)

Background imageDiprotodontia Collection: Perameles nasuta, long-nosed bandicoot

Perameles nasuta, long-nosed bandicoot

Background imageDiprotodontia Collection: Wallabia bicolor, swamp wallaby

Wallabia bicolor, swamp wallaby

Background imageDiprotodontia Collection: A native spearing a kangaroo

A native spearing a kangaroo
Drawing 74 from the Watling Collection titled A Native spearing a Kangaroo by a Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Background imageDiprotodontia Collection: Petaurus breviceps, sugar glider

Petaurus breviceps, sugar glider
Marsupial, Native name Dab-bie, possibly by Thomas Watling (1762 -c. 1814), from the Thomas Watling Drawings Collection, 1788-c. 1797, held at the Natural History Museum

Background imageDiprotodontia Collection: Dendrolagus lumholtzi, Lumholtzs tree kangaroo

Dendrolagus lumholtzi, Lumholtzs tree kangaroo
Illustration in watercolour by Frederick William Frohawk. One of 27 illustrations commissioned by Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild to illustrate his scientific publication on tree kangaroos, 1936

Background imageDiprotodontia Collection: Macropus antilopinus, antilopine wallaby

Macropus antilopinus, antilopine wallaby (Gould 1842) BMNH 1842 5 26 5 (291A), male skin and skull lectotype. Photographed alongside is the female specimen BMNH 1824 5 26 4

Background imageDiprotodontia Collection: Acrobates pygmaeus, pygmy glider

Acrobates pygmaeus, pygmy glider
Marsupial, Flying Squirrel or Mouse. Drawing 86, possibly by Thomas Watling (1762 -c. 1814), from the Thomas Watling Drawings Collection, 1788-c. 1797, held at the Natural History Museum

Background imageDiprotodontia Collection: Potorous tridactylus gilbertii, Gilberts potoroo

Potorous tridactylus gilbertii, Gilberts potoroo
Marsupial. Drawing 89 by Thomas Watling (1762 -c. 1814), from the Thomas Watling Drawings Collection, 1788-c. 1797, held at the Natural History Museum

Background imageDiprotodontia Collection: Macropus giganteus, eastern gray kangaroo

Macropus giganteus, eastern gray kangaroo
Marsupial, Kangaroo, or the Pattagorang. Detail from drawing 87, possibly by Thomas Watling (1762 -c. 1814), from the Thomas Watling Drawings Collection, 1788-c

Background imageDiprotodontia Collection: Potorous gilberti, Gilberts potoroo

Potorous gilberti, Gilberts potoroo
Hypsiprymnus gilberti. Plate 69 from Mammals of Australia Volume 2, by John Gould, 1863

Background imageDiprotodontia Collection: Phascolarctos cinereus, koala

Phascolarctos cinereus, koala
Illustration from The Mammals of Australia (1863) by John Gould

Background imageDiprotodontia Collection: Australasia book cover

Australasia book cover
Front cover of Australasia by Alfred Russel Wallace, 1893

Background imageDiprotodontia Collection: Phascolarctos cinereus, koala

Phascolarctos cinereus, koala
Plate 5 from a collection of 49 original watercolour drawings of animals by Ferdinand Lucas Bauer (1760-1826), from the H.M.S. Investigator expedition to Australia, 1801-1803

Background imageDiprotodontia Collection: Petrogale inornata, rock wallaby

Petrogale inornata, rock wallaby
Plate 10 from Zoological drawings by Ferdinand Bauer (1760-1826). Held in the Zoology Library at the Natural History Museum, London


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