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Orcinus orca, orcaPlate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)
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
Mustela putorius, European polecatPlate 32 from the Collection of Watercolour Drawings of British Vertebrates, 1830-1841, by William MacGillivray (1796-1851)
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
Dama dama, fallow deerPlate 38 from British Mammals Vol. 1 & 2 by Archibald Thorburn, 1920-21
Odobenus rosmarus, walrusTrichechus rosmarus, walrus. Plate 12 from British Mammals Vol. 1 & 2 by Archibald Thorburn, 1920-21
Balaenoptera musculus, blue whale and Balaenoptera physalusPlate 43 from British Mammals Vol. 1 & 2 by Archibald Thorburn, 1920-21
Equus asinus, African wild assAfrican Wild Ass, Equus taeniopus. Fig. 149 page 53 of The Natural History of Animals (class Mammalia; animals which suckle their young) in Word and Picture, Vol
Equus caballus gomelini, tarpanThe Tarpan a wild horse, native of Russia, primaeval bay stock. Plate on page opposite page 160. Original watercolour drawing from The Naturalists Library, Mammalia, Vol
Lepus europaeus, European brown harePlate 33 from British Mammals Vol. 1 & 2 by Archibald Thorburn, 1920-21
Mus musculus, house mouse and Mus muralis, St. Kilda house mCommon Mouse and St. Kilda House Mouse. Plate 28 from British Mammals Vol. 1 & 2 by Archibald Thorburn, 1920-21
Excavating a Mosasaur skullTitle page picture from Histoire Naturelle de la Montagne de St Pierre de Maestricht by Faujas de Saint Fond, 1799. Mosasaur was a carnivorous marine reptile from the Cretaceous period
Reptilia (class), snakeWatercolour 57 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)
Ichthyosaurus, Pterodactylus, PlesiosaurusFrontispiece The Age of Reptiles from Introduction to Geology by Thomas Wright, (1855). These marine and avian reptiles lived in Europe during the early Jurassic period about 200 million years ago
Clemmys guttata, spotted turtle
Hemitragus jemlahicus, tahr
Mammalia (class), mammalsPlate 11 from The Geographical Distribution of Animals, with a study of the relations of living and extinct faunas as elucidating the past changes of the Earths surface, by Alfred Russel Wallace, 1876
Orcinus orca gladiator, orca gladiatorPlate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)
Lepus timidus, Arctic harePlate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)
Microtus arvalis orcadensis, Orkney volePlate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)
Gazella gazella, Arabian gazelleArabian Gazelle, antelope arabica. Plate 5 from Symbolae Physicae section: Zoologica I. Mammalia by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1795-1876)
Arvicola terrestris, European water volePlate 206 from the Collection of Watercolour Drawings of British Vertebrates, 1830-1841, by William MacGillivray (1796-1851)
Ichthyornis dispar, cretaceous birdPainting by Maurice Wilson (c. 1950)
Hesperornis regalis, cretaceous birdPainting by Maurice Wilson (c. 1950)
Loxodonta africana, African elephant carcassAfrican elephant viscera, approximately 3-4 days after death, showing abundance of blowfly larvae feeding on the dead tissues. Lower Zambezi National Park, Zambezi Valley, Zambia
Physeter catodon, sperm whaleA 52 ft male sperm whale stranded at Atwick, Humberside in Dec 1993. Teeth removed for sectioning determined the animals age at 35 yrs. Whale stranding programme -nhm.ac.uk/zoology/stranding/
Dugong dugon, dugongA dugong exhibit at the Natural History Museum, London
Neanderthal excavation, 1998Palaeoanthropologists from the Natural History Museum, London search for evidence of Neanderthal habitation, 1998
Oryx dammah, scimitar-horned oryxA small herd of scimitar-horned oryx grazing on a grass field in captivity. Photographed by Frank Greenaway
Iguanodon reconstruction by Gideon Mantell
Eudocimus albus, white ibisPlate 222 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Lower Jurassic dinosaurs discovered in EnglandAn illustration showing scene in Lower Jurassic (175 - 200 mya) South England, featuring a Megalosaurus (above) catching sight of a possible victim, the primitive ornithischian Scelidosaurus dinosaur
Canis latrans, coyoteCanis Latrans (Say), Prairie Wolf (Males). Plate 71 from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, Vol. 2 (1846) by John James Audubon (1785-1851) and John Bachman (1790-1874)
Gasosaurus was a flesh-eating bipedal dinosaur which lived during the middle Jurassic, about 160 mya. It was up to 4 metres long and 2 metres high with short arms
Catopuma badia, bay catFelis badia. 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)
Felis silvestris catus, catFelis domestica. 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)
Panthera onca, jaguar and Tapirus indicus, Asian tapirFelis onca. Plate from A Monograph of the Felidae, or Family of the Cats, 1833, by Daniel Giraud Elliot. Illustrated with 43 hand-coloured lithographs from watercolour drawings by Joseph Wolf
Prionailurus euptilura, Amur leopard cat
Uncia uncia, snow leopardFelis uncia. Plate from A Monograph of the Felidae, or Family of the Cats, 1833, by Daniel Giraud Elliot. Illustrated with 43 hand-coloured lithographs from watercolour drawings by Joseph Wolf
Cetacea (order), whalePlate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)
Neomys fodiens, Eurasian water shrewPlate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)
Sorex araneus, Eurasian shrew
Nycticorax nycticorax, black-crowned night heronPlate 236 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Upper Triassic dinosaurs discovered in Southern GermanyAn illustration showing a scene in Upper Triassic (200 - 225 mya) Southern Germany, featuring 2 small Coelurosaurs, Procompsognathus (foreground) & 2 prosauropod Plateosaurus
Ursus americanus, American black bearUrsus Americanus, Cinnamon Bear (Male and Female). Plate 127 from from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, Vol. 3, 1848, by John James Audubon (1785-1851) and John Bachman (1790-1874)
Ursus arctos, grizzly bearUrsus-Ferox (Lewis & Clark), Grizzly Bear (Males). Plate 131 from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, Vol. 3, 1848, by John James Audubon (1785-1851) and John Bachman (1790-1874)
Rangifer tarandus, caribou
Odocoileus virginianus leucurus, Columbian white-tailed deerCervus Leucurus (Douglass), Long-Tailed Deer (Male). Plate 118 from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, Vol. 3, 1848, by John James Audubon (1785-1851) and John Bachman (1790-1874)