Endangered Collection (page 6)

Siphocampylus reticulatus (Revolute siphocampylus, Siphocampylus revolutus). Endangered. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Watts after a botanical illustration by MIlls from Benjamin Maund

Sweet-scented airplant, Aerides odoratum. Endangered
Sweet-scented airplant orchid, Aerides odoratum. Endangered. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Nevitt after a botanical illustration by Miss Sara Maund from Benjamin Maund and the Rev

Poro poro, Passiflora pinnatistipula. Endangered
Poro poro, Passiflora pinnatistipula (Feather-stipuled tacsonia, Tacsonia pinnatistipula). Endangered. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S

Greater swamp-orchid, Phaius tankervilleae. Endangered
Greater swamp-orchid Phaius tankervilleae (Lady Tankervilles bletia, Bletia tankervilliae). Endangered. Handcoloured botanical engraving from John Sims Curtiss Botanical Magazine, Couchman, London

Siphocampylus giganteus (endangered)
Siphocampylus giganteus, endangered (Gigantic lobelia, Lobelia gigantea). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom Jr

Roughbark lignum-vitae and cascarilla
Roughbark lignum-vitae, Guaiacum officinale 1, seedpods a, (endangered), and cascarilla, Croton eluteria 2, bark b. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur

Great white shark, hammerhead, sawfish and swordfish
Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, vulnerable 1, smooth hammerhead, Sphyrna zygaena, vulnerable 2, common sawfish, Pristis pristis, critically endangered 3, and swordfish, Xiphias gladius, 4

Indian elephant and sukotyro
Endangered Indian elephant, Elephas maximus indicus, female suckling her young, 1, and mythical beast sukotyro. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Seals and sealions
Bearded seal, Erignathus barbatus 1, southern sea lion, Otaria flavescens 2, ringed seal, Pusa hispida 3, and Mediterranean monk seal, Monachus monachus 4, critically endangered

Fin whale, bottlenose dolphin and bottle-nosed whale
Fin whale or rorqual, Balaenoptera physalus, endangered 1, bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus 2, and northern bottle-nosed whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus 3

Whitefish, char, Danube salmon and grayling
Whitefish, Coregonus lavaretus 1, char, Salvelinus species 2, Danube salmon, Hucho hucho 3, endangered, and grayling, Thymallus thymallus 4

American alligator and gavial
American alligator, Alligator mississippiensis 1, and gavial or gharial, Gavialis gangeticus 2, critically endangered. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur

Hawksbill sea turtle and Greek tortoise
Hawksbill sea turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, critically endangered 1, and land or Greek tortoise, Testudo graeca, vulnerable 2

Shark species and angler fish
Angular rough shark, Oxynotus centrina 1 (vulnerable), angelshark, Squatina squatina 2 (critically endangered), tope, Galeorhinus galeus 3 (vulnerable), and angler or monkfish, Lophius piscatorius

Turtles and tortoises
Scorpion mud turtle, Kinosternon scorpioides 1, endangered geometric tortoise, Psammobates geometricus 2, marginated tortoise, Testudo marginata 3, African spurred tortoise, Centrochelys sulcata 4

Bottlenose skate and electric rays
Endangered bottlenose skate, Rostroraja alba, dorsal 1, ventral 2, eyed electric ray, Torpedo torpedo 3, and marbled electric ray, Torpedo marmorata 4

Kalij pheasant, curassow, and guan
Kalij pheasant, Lophura leucomelanos 1, great curassow, Crax rubra, male 2, female 3, endangered helmeted curassow, Pauxi pauxi 4, and band-tailed guan, Penelope argyrotis 5

Koala, Tasmanian devil, thylacine and white phalanger
Koala, Phascolarctos cinereus 1, Phascolarctos koala, endangered Tasmanian devil, Sarcophilus harrisii 2, Didelphis ursina, extinct Tasmanian tiger or thylacine, Thylacinus cynocephalus 3

Red sandalwood, Pterocarpus santalinus. Endangered
Red sanders, red sandalwood and saunderswood, Pterocarpus santalinus. Endangered species. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr

Ceratotherium simum, white rhinoceros
White rhinoceros. Sketch 121 from a collection of original sketches by Thomas Baines, (1859-1871)

Saola / Vu Quang Ox - stuffed Vietnam (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis)

African Elephant - Sitting in the middle of the track feeding on grass (Loxodonta africana). Kruger National Park - South Africa

Proboscis / Long-nosed MONKEY (Nasilis larvatus)

Proboscis / Long-nosed MONKEY - side view of face (Nasilis larvatus)

MOUSE LEMUR - eating Banana (Microcebus rufus). Madagascar

Pipistrellus sturdeei, Sturdees pipistrelle
A rare specimen of a Bonin pipistrelle, a slightly immature female, preserved in spirit and held by the Natural History Museum

Pongo pygmaeus, orangutan
Portrait of a female orangutan, native to the Islands of Java, Sumatra and Borneo. Photographed by Frank Greenaway

Male St Helena giant earwig
Named in 1798 by the Danish zoologist Fabricus, Labidura herculeanais theworlds longest earwig speciesreaching up to 78mm in length including its forceps. Date: 1798

Mole salamander or wooper looper, Ambystoma mexicanum. Critically endangered.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792

Indian elephant, Elephas maximus indicus, and African bush elephant, Loxodonta africana.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuviers Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals

Sumatran dhole, Cuon alpinus sumatrensis Endangered
Sumatran dhole, Cuon alpinus sumatrensis. Endangered.. Handcolored engraving on steel by William Lizars from a drawing by Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library

Ganges crocodile, Indian Gharial, Gavialis gangeticus. Critically endangered.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 1816-1830

African Elephants - drinking (Loxodonta africana). Zambesi River - Lower Zambesi National Park, Zambia, Africa

Bengal / Indian Tiger - at night, with eyes glowing in the dark (Panthera tigris). India

Great Indian / One-horned RHINOCEROS / rhino - Close up of head in water, side on. (Rhinoceros unicornis). Chitwan National Park, Nepal

Painted Silvertree leaves, Cape Town, South Africa
Leucadendron argenteum leaves (Silver tree, Silver leaf tree, Afrikaans: Witteboom, or Silwerboom) - an endangered species in the family Proteaceae, endemic to a small area of the Cape Peninsula

Girl of the Toda Tribe - Nilgiri plateau, India
Girl of the Toda Tribe, a small pastoral community living on the isolated Nilgiri plateau in southern India. The Toda traditionally live in settlements consisting of three to seven of these small

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)

Monodon monoceros, narwhal and Delphinapterus leucas, beluga
Plate 47 from British Mammals Vol. 1 & 2 by Archibald Thorburn, 1920-21

Tridacna gigas, giant clam
A pair of giant clam (Tridacna gigas). This endangered species is the largest living molluscs and can reach sizes of over 1m

Hazel Pot Beetle
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Elephas maximus, Asian elephant
Plate 207 (310) Elephant D Aise. From Histoire Naturelle des Mammifcres, avec des figures originales, Vol. 2, 1819-42, by Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Baron Georges L. C. Frederic D. Cuvier

Noble Chafer

Endangered European bison in wartime, 1915
One unforeseen casualty of the war were rare European bison, Bos bonasus, also known as Wisent or Zubre. These were hunted to extinction in the wild by Germans occupying Poland

Animals at a French Zoo - Saiga Antelope - small antelope standing by wall.. Part of Box 209 Boswell collection - Old and New French Zoo

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