Eutheria Collection (page 9)

Missourium theristrocaulodon, jaw bone
Unearthed in 1840 on the shore of the Pomme de Terre River in Missouri by Albert Koch. The enormous skulls, jaws and bones all belonged to an extinct relative of the elephant

99% Ape cover illustration

Megalomys desmarestii, antillean giant rice rat. Catalogue number NHM 1855.12.24.201

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

Graomys lockwoodi
Views of Graomys lockwoodi skull. Original specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Harry Taylor, 2010

Exhibition of a giraffe to the public, Manchester
A printed poster advertising the exhibition of a giraffe from the Surrey Zoological Gardens, displayed in Piccadilly, Manchester

Madoqua saltiana, Salts dik-dik
On display in the Natural History Museums whale and mammal gallery (number 24). Its common name, dik-dik (or dikdik) is thought to have dervied from the sound it makes whilst running

Elephant; Walk Quietly
A Natural History Museum poster with an elephant design asking visitors to walk quietly. 1968

Trachypithecus delacouri, delacours langur
Skull of Trachypithecus delacouri, delacours langur. Type specimen catalogue number 32.4.19. Male

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

Oligoryzomys victus, St. Vincent pygmy rice rat (holotype). Catalogue reference NHM 1897.12.26.1)

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

Phyllotis cachinus
Views of Phyllotis cachinus skull. Original specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Harry Taylor, 2010

Engraved mammoth tusk
Mammoth tusk engraved of Grevettian age. 25, 000 - 30, 000 years ago during the Upper Palaeolithic and within the great Stone Age from Dolni Vestonice, Moravia, Czech Republic

Mylodon darwinii, ground sloth
Jaw bone collected by Charles Darwin when he stepped off the Beagle in Argentina. First officially recorded by Richard Owen, the first Superintendent of the Museum

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

Bringing in a prisoner illustration (p.84) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

Graomys edithae
Views of Graomys edithae skull. Original specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Harry Taylor, 2010

Carollia perspicillata, Sebas short-tailed bat
Short-tailed fruit bat

Children examining tiger, c. 1927. The Natural History Muse
This white tiger was shot in the Rewa jungle in early 1925 by the Maharajah Gulab Singh. The Maharajah presented this animal to George V, who in turn loaned the specimen to the Museum in February 1926

Taxidermist working on wolf teeth, 1935
One of the several behind-the-scenes shots taken for the February 1935 edition of Weekly Illustrated, 1st Class Technical Assistant Percy Stammwitz adds final touches to the teeth of a wolf

Boys sketching giraffes, 1949. The Natural History Museum
For the really keen young naturalist aged between 10 and 15, a Junior Naturalists Club was established. Entry was gained by producing a piece of fieldwork to prove ones dedication to the study of

Nepal tiger, 1913. The Natural History Museum, London

Boys sketching rabbit, 1949. The Natural History Museum, Lo
To ensure the children actually learnt something during their visit, they had to research and produce a description of the animals they drew

Lions in debris, 1944. The Natural History Museum, London
The flying bomb of 11 July 1944 followed one on 5 July, and together the two did a great deal of damage, as can be seen here in the Lower Mammal Gallery

Bulldog cranium 1906
Specimen number D94, Bulldog, Canis lupus familiaris. Juvenille bulldog skull, from dog called Neotsfield. 1906

Simias sp. pig-tailed monkey from Sumatra
Illustration from Gleanings of Natural History (1758-74) by George Edwards (1694-1773)

Mazama canepestris guaszuti design
Drawing 62 Vol 1 by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1876. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s

Affenbande am Flusse
A troup of monkeys on the riverside, page 199 from Loango Expedition 1873-1876 published in 1879, by P Gussfeldt et al

Elephas maximus, Asian elephant & rhinoceros
Plate 221 from Capter 11 of Gleanings of Natural History by George Edwards (1694-1773), published 1758-1764

Canis lupus dingo, dingo
Dog of New South Wales. Drawing 52 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)

Ibis, monkey, common genet and crow design
Drawing by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1875-1876. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Felis silvestris ornata, Asian steppe wildcat
Felis ornata. 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) and Joseph Smit (1836-1929)

Conilurus albipes, white-footed tree-rat
Native name Gnar-ruck. Detail from drawing 81, possibly by Thomas Watling (1762 -c. 1814), from the Thomas Watling Drawings Collection, 1788-c. 1797, held at the Natural History Museum

Whaling boats
A photograph from A Cruise in the Arctic (1888) by Livingstone-Learmonth

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

Bison bison, American bison
Plate 123 (414) Le Bison d Amerique from Histoire Naturelle des Mammifcres, avec des figures originales, Vol. 1, 1819-42, by Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Baron Georges L. C. Frederic D. Cuvier

Iguana, delundung, racoon and gecko design
Four springers in entrance hall. Drawing by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1876

Dog, owl and eagle design
Drawing by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1875-1876. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Cow and calf design
Drawing by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1875-1876. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Panther design
Drawing by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1875-1876. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

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