Marsupial Collection

Pterodactyls considered as marsupial bats
Pterodactylus crassirostris above P. brevirostris. Plate from Note on the Pterodactyle Tribe... Paper in The Zoologist, Vol 1, 1843 by Edward Newman

Petaurus breviceps ariel, sugar glider
Petaurus breviceps ariel (Gould, 1849) sugar glider. BMNH 1842.5.26.1, female skin & skull, lectotype photographed next to specimen BMNH 1855.12.24.308 paralectotype skin

Group of Kangaroos by Gambier Bolton
Group of Kangaroos photogrpaph by Gambier Bolton, F Zs 553, held at The Natural History Museum at Tring

Kangaroo, Macropus giganteus. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1857

Batrachia frogs and toads: pouch frog, Gastrotheca ovifera (endangered), Mediterranean tree frog, Hyla meridionalis, Canelos treefrog, Ecnomiohyla tuberculosa, Guenthers marsupial frog

Red kangaroo, eastern grey kangaroo and dusky wallaby
Red kangaroo, Macropus rufus 1, eastern grey kangaroo, Macropus giganteus 2, and dusky wallaby, Thylogale brunii 3. Kanguroo laineux, geant, d Aroe

Virginia opossum, Didelphis virginiana
Virginia or North American opossum, Didelphis virginiana. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London, Whittaker, 1824

Emu, rheas and kangaroos at Tring Park
Live animals collected by Walter Rothschild in the grounds of Tring Park, with keeper Mr Marcham, 1890 Date: 1890

Australian Ring-Tailed Opossum. Date: circa 1910s

Australia - Great Grey Kangaroo. Date: circa 1920s

Vombatus ursinus, common wombat
Plate 8 from a collection of 49 original watercolour drawings of animals by Ferdinand Lucas Bauer (1760-1826), from the H.M.S. Investigator expedition to Australia, 1801-1803

Matschies Tree Kangaroo (Dendrolagus matschiei)

CUSCUS
(phalanger orientalis) Previously known as the Phalanger, this marsupial comes in various sub-species. The lower illustration shows the Flying Dwarf Phalanger. Date: circa 1830

Bettongia penicillata, brush-tailed bettong
Plate 61 of Bettongia penicillata, brush-tailed bettong from John Goulds The Mammals of Australia, Vol. II 1863

Caloprymnus campestris, Desert rat-kangaroo
The Desert-rat kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris) is an extinct marsupial that lived in Australia. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Harry Taylor, 2010

Lutreolina crassicaudata, thick-tailed opossum
Illustration of Lutreolina crassicaudata, thick-tailed opossum

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

Petaurus australis, yellow-bellied glider
Hepoona Roo. Drawing 47 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)

Phalangista rulpin, possum
Phalangista rulpina. Plate 16 from Mammals of Australia Volume 1, by John Gould, 1863

Macropus laniger, great red kangaroo
Macropus laniger. From A Monograph of the Macropodid, or family of Kangaroos, 1841 by John Gould (1804-1881)

Macropus sp. kangaroo
Zoological drawing 4 (1:4) Kanguru. Probably the first European drawing of a kangaroo, by Sydney Parkinson (1745-1771), made during Captain Cooks first voyage of discovery, 1768-1771

Perameles nasuta, long-nosed bandicoot

Wallabia bicolor, swamp wallaby

A native spearing a kangaroo
Drawing 74 from the Watling Collection titled A Native spearing a Kangaroo by a Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Petaurus breviceps, sugar glider
Marsupial, Native name Dab-bie, possibly by Thomas Watling (1762 -c. 1814), from the Thomas Watling Drawings Collection, 1788-c. 1797, held at the Natural History Museum

Sarcophilus laniarius, Tasmanian devil
Jaw of a Tasmanian devil from the collections at the Natural History Museum

Dendrolagus lumholtzi, Lumholtzs tree kangaroo
Illustration in watercolour by Frederick William Frohawk. One of 27 illustrations commissioned by Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild to illustrate his scientific publication on tree kangaroos, 1936

Macropus antilopinus, antilopine wallaby (Gould 1842) BMNH 1842 5 26 5 (291A), male skin and skull lectotype. Photographed alongside is the female specimen BMNH 1824 5 26 4

Perameles bougainville, barred bandicoot
Plate 2 from a collection of 49 original watercolour drawings of animals by Ferdinand Lucas Bauer (1760-1826), from the H.M.S. Investigator expedition to Australia, 1801-1803

A group of mammals and birds
Plate 37, hand coloured engraving, from Thesaurus Volume 1, 1734, by Albertus Seba (1665-1736)

Acrobates pygmaeus, pygmy glider
Marsupial, Flying Squirrel or Mouse. Drawing 86, possibly by Thomas Watling (1762 -c. 1814), from the Thomas Watling Drawings Collection, 1788-c. 1797, held at the Natural History Museum

Potorous tridactylus gilbertii, Gilberts potoroo
Marsupial. Drawing 89 by Thomas Watling (1762 -c. 1814), from the Thomas Watling Drawings Collection, 1788-c. 1797, held at the Natural History Museum

Macropus giganteus, eastern gray kangaroo
Marsupial, Kangaroo, or the Pattagorang. Detail from drawing 87, possibly by Thomas Watling (1762 -c. 1814), from the Thomas Watling Drawings Collection, 1788-c

Potorous gilberti, Gilberts potoroo
Hypsiprymnus gilberti. Plate 69 from Mammals of Australia Volume 2, by John Gould, 1863

Chaeropus ecaudatus, pig-footed bandicoots
Pencil and chalk drawing by John Gould (1804-1881) c. 1845

Phascolarctos cinereus, koala
Illustration from The Mammals of Australia (1863) by John Gould

Australasia book cover
Front cover of Australasia by Alfred Russel Wallace, 1893

Phascolarctos cinereus, koala
Plate 5 from a collection of 49 original watercolour drawings of animals by Ferdinand Lucas Bauer (1760-1826), from the H.M.S. Investigator expedition to Australia, 1801-1803

Monodelphis fosteri, shrewish short-tailed opossum, skin and skull. Specimen taken from the Natural History Museum mammals collection

Petrogale inornata, rock wallaby
Plate 10 from Zoological drawings by Ferdinand Bauer (1760-1826). Held in the Zoology Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Bennetts Wallabies
The Bennetts Wallaby, like the kangaroo, are amongst the most regognised of the marsupials found in the wild in Australia. Date: 1970s

A Kangaroo with a joey
A female Kangaroo with a joey in her pouch. Pastel drawing by Raymond Sheppard

Koala Bear and Cub
Koala and her cub

Tasmanian Devil 1909
A Tasmanian Devil (sarcophilus ursinus), a carnivorous marsupial found only in Tasmania

Tasmanian Devil - 2
(sarcophilus harrisii) The largest marsupial carnivore, nocturnal, uttering loud and devilish cries

Tasmanian Devil
(sarcophilus harrisii) The largest marsupial carnivore, nocturnal, uttering loud and devilish cries

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