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Boys sketching rabbit, 1949. The Natural History Museum, LoTo 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, LondonThe 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 1906Specimen number D94, Bulldog, Canis lupus familiaris. Juvenille bulldog skull, from dog called Neotsfield. 1906
Simias sp. pig-tailed monkey from SumatraIllustration from Gleanings of Natural History (1758-74) by George Edwards (1694-1773)
Mazama canepestris guaszuti designDrawing 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 FlusseA 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 & rhinocerosPlate 221 from Capter 11 of Gleanings of Natural History by George Edwards (1694-1773), published 1758-1764
Ibis, monkey, common genet and crow designDrawing 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
Conilurus albipes, white-footed tree-ratNative 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 boatsA photograph from A Cruise in the Arctic (1888) by Livingstone-Learmonth
Dog, owl and eagle designDrawing 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
Petaurus australis, yellow-bellied gliderHepoona Roo. Drawing 47 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)
Panther designDrawing 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
Mandrillus leucophaeus, drillPlate 139 (58) Le Drill Vieux. 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
Homo heidelbergensis cranium (Petralona 1)An adult male cranium (cast) discovered at the foot of Katsika Hill, Petralona, south east of Thessaloniki, Greece. The specimen dates back 400, 000 years. It was discovered by J
Homo erectus cranium (OH9)The cranium (cast) of Homo erectus discovered at Bed II, site LLK at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania by Louis Leakey in 1960. This specimen is the Holotype of Homo leakeyi. This specimen dates back c
Micronycteris brachyotis, orange-throated batAn orange-throated bat (Micronycteris brachyotis) photographed in Belize by Frank Greenaway
Barbastella barbastellus, western barbastelle
Moschus chrysogaster, alpine musk deerPlate 191 from the collection of drawings of mammals and birds from Nepal, 1818-1858, by Bryan Houghton Hodgson (1800-1894)
The Malay ArchipelagoTitle page of The Malay Archipelago, The Land of the Orang-Utan and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of travel with studies of Man and Nature. By Alfred Russel Wallace, 1874
Sturnira lilium parvidens, yellow-shouldered bat
Nyctalus noctula, common noctulePlate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)
Dragonflies and FishDragonflies from Libellulinae Europaeae by Toussaint de Charpenter, 1840. Fish from Voyage de la Coquille, Zoology Atlas II by Duperrey
Cervidae (family), deerBalgowan (deer park in Perthshire, Scotland). Plate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)
Rhinolophus hipposideros, lesser horseshoe batPlate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)
Clethrionomys glareolus, bank volePlate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)
Microchiroptera (suborder), microbatPhotograph of the left side view of the skull of a microbat, measuring 4cm, with its relatively short snout and lower jaw
Pteronotus davyi fulvus, Davys naked-backed batA Davys naked-backed bat (Pteronotus davyi fulvus) photographed in Belize by Frank Greenaway
Globicephala melas, long-finned pilot whale
Rattus norvegicus, brown ratPlate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)
Megatherium americanum, giant ground sloth
Missouri LeviathanKochs Missourium. The reliquia of animal indigenous to North America exhibited in 1842 at the Egyptian Hall, London
Ochotona curzoniae, black-lipped pikaPlate 119a from the collection of drawings of mammals and birds from Nepal, 1818-1858, by Bryan Houghton Hodgson (1800-1894)
Diphylla ecaudata, hairy-legged vampire batA hairy-legged vampire bat (Diphylla ecaudata) photographed in Belize by Frank Greenaway
Capreolus capreolus, western roe deerPlate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)
Rhynchonycteris naso, proboscis batA proboscis bat (Rhynchonycteris naso) photographed in Belize by Frank Greenaway
Phalangista rulpin, possumPhalangista rulpina. Plate 16 from Mammals of Australia Volume 1, by John Gould, 1863
Martes martes, European pine martenPlate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)
Detail of terracotta moulding of monkeys in the Waterhouse BThe Waterhouse Buiding at the Natural History Museum, London was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) and first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881
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)
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)
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)
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