Mammals Collection (page 6)

Smooth otter - tamed wild animal, plays with visitors in Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkey Sanctuary (Lutra (Lutrogale) perspicillata). Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; June

Smooth otter - tame animal living in Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkey Sanctuary (Lutra (Lutrogale) perspicillata). Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; June

Young female Proboscis monkey, wild but relatively tame, came with its pack from surrounding rainforest to feed at Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkey Sanctuary (Nasalis larvatus)

Young female Proboscis monkey (called Adi by sanctuary keepers), wild but relatively tame, came with its pack to feed at Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkey Sanctuary from rainforest and hangs around

Bottlenose Dolphin - Newborn Baby / Calf dolphin showing foetal marks just after birth. (Tursiops truncatus). Foetal marks will disappear after one or two days

Bottlenose Dolphin - Newborn Baby / Calf nursing / feeding from Mother immediately after birth (Tursiops truncatus). Part of a sequence of imagesDolphin gestation / pregnancy lasts approx

Fruit Bats / Common Flying / Large Flying Fox - Hanging from tree, with baby (Pteropus vampyrus). Vietnam. Distribution: S. Burma - Java, Philippines, Borneo, Timor. The largest Bat in the world

Delphinus fitzroyi. From: The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832 to 1836. Date: 1839

Abrocoma bennettii. From: The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832 to 1836. Date: 1839

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Megaloceros gigantius, giant deer
Also known as the Irish Elk. Model of a male based on specimens found in Ireland from the late Pleistocene

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Schistosoma nasale, bloodfluke
Scanning electron microscope image of a parasitic bloodfluke or flatworm. Coloured artifically by computer

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)

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)

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

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

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

Chimera
An illustration of a mythical creature, part mammal, part reptile, the Chimera. On display for the Myth and Monsters Exhbition which ran from April to September, 1998 at the Natural History Museum

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

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

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

Mammiferes - mammals
A variety of mammals including giraffe, camel, anteaters and buffalo. Date: 1930

Australian Ring-Tailed Opossum. Date: circa 1910s

Animals at a French Zoo - Sealion - Colour. Sealion and keeper. Part of Box 209 Boswell collection - Old and New French Zoo

Sable Russia (Martes zibellina)

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