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Eutheria Collection (page 4)

Background imageEutheria Collection: Egyptian mummified cat

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

Background imageEutheria Collection: Weddell seal skull, Leptonychotes weddellii

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

Background imageEutheria 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 imageEutheria Collection: Panthera leo melanochaitus, cape Lion

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

Background imageEutheria Collection: Homo erectus, Java Man (Sangiran 17) cranium cast

Homo erectus, Java Man (Sangiran 17) cranium cast
Three quarter view of partially reconstructed cranium of Homo erectus Java Man about 700, 000 years old known as Sangiran 17. Discovered by Towikromo in 1969

Background imageEutheria Collection: Homo erectus crania (Ngandong 1 & Trinil)

Homo erectus crania (Ngandong 1 & Trinil)
The larger cranium belongs to Homo erectus discovered at Ngandong near to the Solo River on the island of Java, Indonesia

Background imageEutheria Collection: Megalomys luciae, saint lucia giant rice rat (holotype)

Megalomys luciae, saint lucia giant rice rat (holotype). Catalogue number NHM 1853.12.16.2

Background imageEutheria Collection: Naturally mummified Felis catus, cat

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

Background imageEutheria Collection: Catopuma temminckii, Asian golden cat

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)

Background imageEutheria 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 imageEutheria Collection: Monodon monoceros, narwhal and Delphinapterus leucas, beluga

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

Background imageEutheria Collection: Plate 80 of the Reeves Collection (Zoology)

Plate 80 of the Reeves Collection (Zoology)
LS Plate 80 of the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China, 1774-1856

Background imageEutheria Collection: Chaetodon lunula, raccoon butterflyfish

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

Background imageEutheria 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 imageEutheria Collection: Homo heidelbergensis, Boxgrove Man tibia

Homo heidelbergensis, Boxgrove Man tibia
The tibia or shin bone of Boxgrove Man (Homo heidelbergensis) discovered in a quarry at Boxgrove, West Sussex, UK. The specimen dates back 500

Background imageEutheria Collection: Homo sapiens, Cro-Magnon man

Homo sapiens, Cro-Magnon man
A model head of Homo sapiens, Cro-Magnon man. Cro-Magnon man, an anatomically modern human lived around 30, 000 years ago in the Dordogne region of France. This model was created by Maurice Wilson

Background imageEutheria Collection: Lion skull viewed from the front

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

Background imageEutheria Collection: Homo neanderthalensis

Homo neanderthalensis
A model head of Neanderthal man (Homo neanderthalensis) created by Maurice Wilson. Neanderthal man is believed to have lived between around 130, 000 and 35, 000 years ago

Background imageEutheria Collection: Market square, Iloilo, Panay, Philippines

Market square, Iloilo, Panay, Philippines
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Background imageEutheria Collection: Hystrichopsylla talpae talpae, mole flea

Hystrichopsylla talpae talpae, mole flea
A macro photograph of the largest flea in the UK, the mole flea (Hystrichopsylla talpae talpae), which is common on small mammals throughout the UK

Background imageEutheria 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 imageEutheria Collection: Lagenorhynchus obscurus, dusky dolphin

Lagenorhynchus obscurus, dusky dolphin
Delphinus fitzRoyi. Plate from The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, Vol. 1 Part 2 Mammalia, 1838-1839, by Charles Darwin

Background imageEutheria Collection: Homo heidelbergensis, Boxgrove Man

Homo heidelbergensis, Boxgrove Man
An artists impression of Boxgrove Man (Homo heidelbergensis) based on fossil evidence discovered at a quarry in Boxgrove, Chichester, W. Sussex

Background imageEutheria Collection: Plecotus darjilingensis, paskan (with skull and stomach)

Plecotus darjilingensis, paskan (with skull and stomach)
No. 9. Plecotus darjilingensis taken from Drawings of Mammalia [press mark Z 88 ff H] by B.H. Hodgson

Background imageEutheria Collection: Phthiracarus sp. box mite or armadillo mite

Phthiracarus sp. box mite or armadillo mite
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a box mite, showing how the body has fused into one single segment

Background imageEutheria Collection: Fig 100. Ceresa bubalus, buffalo tree-hopper

Fig 100. Ceresa bubalus, buffalo tree-hopper
An exploded line drawing of buffalo tree-hopper

Background imageEutheria Collection: The Soosoo of the Ganges, a river dolphin

The Soosoo of the Ganges, a river dolphin
Line drawing, plate 28 from the Naturalists Library volume XXV11 by Robert Hamilton, 1836

Background imageEutheria Collection: Mammoth thigh bone

Mammoth thigh bone
Fossilised thigh bone of a woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) from Siberia. About 40, 000 years old

Background imageEutheria Collection: Upnor elephant, 1926, the Natural History Museum, London

Upnor elephant, 1926, the Natural History Museum, London
In 1911 a party of Royal Engineers cut a practice trench on Tower Hill, Upnor, Kent and disturbed several large bones

Background imageEutheria Collection: Elephant skulls

Elephant skulls
Including Elasmotherium sibircum (giant rhinoceros). Illustration from Recherches sur les ossements fossiles de quadrupcdes, by Georges Cuvier, first published in 1812

Background imageEutheria Collection: Elephas maximus, Asian elephant

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

Background imageEutheria Collection: Lemur catta, ring tailed lemur

Lemur catta, ring tailed lemur
Plate 4 from Histoire Naturelle des Singes et des Makis, by Jean-Baptiste Audebert, 1808

Background imageEutheria Collection: Giraffa camelopardalis, giraffe

Giraffa camelopardalis, giraffe
Plate 412 (332) Girafe, Femelle. From Histoire Naturelle des Mammifcres, avec des figures originales, Vol. 4, 1819-42, by Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Baron Georges L. C. Frederic D. Cuvier

Background imageEutheria Collection: Martes flavigula, yellow-throated marten

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)

Background imageEutheria Collection: Myotis mystacinus, whiskered bat

Myotis mystacinus, whiskered bat
Plate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)

Background imageEutheria Collection: Designs for the Natural History Museum, by Alfred Waterhouse

Designs for the Natural History Museum, by Alfred Waterhouse
This album of 66 original drawings includes 10 illustrations made with terracotta wash indicating how Waterhouse intended the finished pieces to appear

Background imageEutheria Collection: Gigantopithecus model jaw

Gigantopithecus model jaw
Model of Gigantopithecus jaw with Gorilla jaw for scale

Background imageEutheria Collection: Australopithecus boisei (OH5) & Homo habilis (OH24) crania

Australopithecus boisei (OH5) & Homo habilis (OH24) crania
Two cranium casts of: (left) Australopithecus boisei known as OH5 and (right) homo habilis known as OH24. Both original specimens were discovered within Bed 1 at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

Background imageEutheria Collection: Morelia spilota, Jaguar carpet python

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

Background imageEutheria Collection: Camelus sp. camel

Camelus sp. camel
A camel train walking across the deserts of Arabia

Background imageEutheria Collection: Early whale skull of Pakicetus inachus

Early whale skull of Pakicetus inachus
52 million year old specimen of Pakicetus inachus, an early whale from the Eocene period, Chorlakki, Pakistan

Background imageEutheria Collection: Nycticebus coucang, slow loris

Nycticebus coucang, slow loris
Plate from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China, 1774-1856. See also image reference 11520

Background imageEutheria Collection: The Rowland Ward diorama

The Rowland Ward diorama
A young and adult giraffe in the Rowland Ward Diorama at the Natural History Museum, London. This display was removed in 2004

Background imageEutheria Collection: Sketch by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

Sketch by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
Original artwork by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, donated by his granddaughter Mary Hawkins

Background imageEutheria Collection: Ficus benghalensis and squirrel

Ficus benghalensis and squirrel
Bodycolour and watercolour on board, c. 1779. Unknown artist commissined by Mrs Wheler (fl.1780s). Held in the Library and Archives Date: circa 1779

Background imageEutheria Collection: Chimarrogale varennei, lateral view

Chimarrogale varennei, lateral view

Background imageEutheria Collection: Chimarrogale varennei, mandible

Chimarrogale varennei, mandible

Background imageEutheria Collection: Chimarrogale varennei, dorsal view

Chimarrogale varennei, dorsal view



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