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Sceloglaux albifacies, laughing owlThis owl, native only to New Zealand, became extinct in c. 1914, probably due to deforestation and the disappearance of its favourite prey the Kiori rat. Artist unknown
Micronycteris nicefori, large-eared batA large-eared bat (Micronycteris nicefori) photographed in Belize by Frank Greenaway
Mustela putorius, European polecatPlate 32 from the Collection of Watercolour Drawings of British Vertebrates, 1830-1841, by William MacGillivray (1796-1851)
Sus sp. hog, Siamese breedPlate 2 from The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands Vol. 2, 1842, by David Low (1786-1859)
Sus scrofa, wild boarPlate 1 from The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands Vol. 2, 1842, by David Low (1786-1859). Entitled Wild Boar and Sow
Cricetinae (subfamily), dwarf hamsterPlate 12 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)
Cervus xanthopygus, deerPlate 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)
Anourosorex squamipes, mole shrew& Talpa longirostris, long nosed mole. Plate 38 from Recherches pour servir a l histoire naturelle des Mammiferes by Henri Milne-Edwards (1800-1885). Published Paris, 1868-74
Putorius fontanierii & P. astutusPlate 61 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)
Antilope caudata, blackbuckPlate 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)
Lama glama, llamaLlama. Llama Glama, July 23 1884. Hand coloured lithograph of a drawing by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins from Gleanings from the Menagerie and Aviary at Knowsley Hall; Hoofed Quadrupeds, 1850
Meriones unguiculatus, Mongolian jirdPlate 11 by Dr. Alphonse Milne-Edwards. From Recherches pour servir a l histoire naturelle des Mammifcres, Vols. 1-4, 1868-74, by Dr. Henri Milne-Edwards (1800-1885) & Dr
Hyracotherium skullSkull, 13 cm long, from the London Clay, Harwich, Essex. Hyracotherium, is the earliest known horse from the late Palaeocene and early Eocene of North America and Europe
Homo sapiens cranium (Qafzeh 11)Lateral view of a cast of the Qafzeh child (Early Modern Homo sapiens) discovered at Djebel kafzeh, Israel by B. Vandermeersch, 1965-1969, dating back to around 100, 000 years
Pteromys alborufus, flying squirrelPlate 45 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)
Buteo lagopus, rough-legged buzzardPlate 7 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 1 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Dama dama, fallow deerPlate 38 from British Mammals Vol. 1 & 2 by Archibald Thorburn, 1920-21
Drawing of the wing of a bat from Owens book On the NatureFrom Richard Owens book On the Nature of Limbs (1849)
Dipus annulatus, gerbilPlate 10 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)
Mus humiliatus and Mus confucianusPlate 41 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)
Lagenorhynchus albirostris, Delphinus delphis & Tursiops truWhite-beaked dolphin, short-beaked common dolphin & common bottlenose dolphin. Plate 50 from British Mammals Vol. 1 & 2 by Archibald Thorburn, 1920-21
Homo ergaster cranium (KNM - ER 3733)Homo ergaster cranium from Koobi Fora, Area 104, Kenya. Cast of KNM - ER 3733. side view. Scale in cms. This specimen discovered in 1975 by Bernard Ngeneo dates back to 1.6 million years ago
Interglacial LandscapeArtists impression of England during a Pleistocene (1.8 million to 11, 000 years before present) interglacial period. Rhinoceros feed on the sparse vegetation in the distance
Macacus tcheliensis, macaqucPlate 32 from Recherches pour servir a l histoire naturelle des Mammiferes by H. (Henri) Milne-Edwards (1800-1885). Published Paris, 1868-74
Paranthropus robustus cranium with perforationsCast of cranial bones of Paranthropus robustus with two perforations probably made by a leopard. Original skull from Swartkrans, Transvaal, S. Africa
Antilope cinerea, Chinese goralPlate 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)
Bechuana Hunting a Lion (Plate 35 / 36)An illustration by Captain (later Sir) William Cornwallis Harris (1807-1848), an officer in the Indian army and an acclaimed naturalist who travelled though South Africa
Homo rudolfensis cranium (KNM - ER 1470)Homo habilis cranium from Koobi Fora, Area 131, Kenya. Cast of KNM - ER 1470 (1st reconstruction). Three-quarter view. Scale in cms
Pteropus sp. flying foxPlate 1. From a collection of watercolour sketches of Mammals, Birds and Fish by William Webb Ellis (c. 1756-1785), made during Captain Cooks third voyage of discovery, 1776-1780
Simia melanocephalaPlate 29 from Recueil d Observations de Zoologie et d Anatomie Comparee, Vol. 1, by Alexander von Humboldt & Aime Bonpland, published 1811
Dusicyon antarcticus, Falkland foxStudy skin of a female specimen from West Falkland Island. Scale is in centimetres
Manidae manis, pangolinLS Plate 82 of the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China, 1774-1856
Plate 4 in Reliquiae Diluvianae (1823)Compares the jaw of a modern Cape hyena (top) with the larger jaws of the extinct hyena species found at Kirkdale Cave
Mammuthus trogontherii, steppe mammothCranium and tusks of this Pleistocene steppe mammoth found at Ilford, Essex, England on display at the Natural History Museum, London
Antilope edwardsii, goralPlate 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)
Brontotherium skullSkull measuring 730 mm left to right, without the lower jaw, of Brontotherium, a gigantic Oligocene browsing ungulate from Nabraska, North America
Rhinopithecus roxellanae, snub-nosed monkeyPlate 36 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)
Huso huso, beluga sturgeonPlate 10 from Fishes of Economic Importance of the USSR by Lev Semenovich Berg and others (1949)
Tupaia glis, common tree shrew teeth
Cervulus lacrymansPlate 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)
Meles sp. badgerPlate 24 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)
Odobenus rosmarus, walrusTrichechus rosmarus, walrus. Plate 12 from British Mammals Vol. 1 & 2 by Archibald Thorburn, 1920-21
Ovis nahoorPlate 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)
Nesolagus netscheri, Sumatran rabbitPhotograph, viewed from above, of a Sumatran rabbit skin specimen from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London
Homo sapiens cranium (UC 101)Skull UC 101 discovered at the upper cave (Shandingdong), Zhoukoudian, China. This specimen belonging to Modern Homo sapiens dates back to 30, 000 years ago
Cetiosauriscus stewartiA fossil front left foot belonging to the Cetiosauriscus, a Sauropod dinosaur, discovered in Peterborough, England. It dates back 158 million years
Felis scriptaPlate 57 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)