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Murinae Collection

Background imageMurinae Collection: Hydromys chrysogaster, water rat

Hydromys chrysogaster, water rat
Plate 1 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

Background imageMurinae Collection: Megalomys desmarestii, antillean giant rice rat

Megalomys desmarestii, antillean giant rice rat. Catalogue number NHM 1850.11.30.6

Background imageMurinae Collection: Oligoryzomys victus, St. Vincent pygmy rice rat

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

Background imageMurinae Collection: Megalomys luciae, saint lucia giant rice rat (holotype)

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

Background imageMurinae Collection: Caloprymnus campestris, Desert rat-kangaroo

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

Background imageMurinae Collection: Megalomys desmarestii, antillean giant rice rat

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

Background imageMurinae Collection: Oligoryzomys victus, St. Vincent pygmy rice rat

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

Background imageMurinae Collection: Conilurus albipes, white-footed tree-rat

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

Background imageMurinae Collection: Rattus norvegicus, brown rat

Rattus norvegicus, brown rat
Plate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)

Background imageMurinae Collection: Sceloglaux albifacies, laughing owl

Sceloglaux albifacies, laughing owl
This 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

Background imageMurinae Collection: Prosobonia leucoptera, Tahiti sandpiper

Prosobonia leucoptera, Tahiti sandpiper

Background imageMurinae Collection: Mus flavipectus and Mus griseipectus

Mus flavipectus and Mus griseipectus
Plate 42 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)

Background imageMurinae Collection: Rattus rattus, black rat

Rattus rattus, black rat
Detail of plate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)

Background imageMurinae Collection: Micromys minutus, Eurasian harvest mouse

Micromys minutus, Eurasian harvest mouse
Harvest mice. Plate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)

Background imageMurinae Collection: Mus musculus, house mouse

Mus musculus, house mouse
Plate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)

Background imageMurinae Collection: Mesembriomys gouldii, black-footed tree-rat

Mesembriomys gouldii, black-footed tree-rat (Gray 1843). BMNH 1842.5.26.18 skull with abnormal incisors collected by Gilbert, holotype

Background imageMurinae Collection: Oryzomys ratticeps, rice rat

Oryzomys ratticeps, rice rat
From Brazil and Paraguay. Specimen held at The Natural History Museum, London

Background imageMurinae Collection: Mus darwinii, Darwins mouse

Mus darwinii, Darwins mouse
Plate 23 Illustration by John Gould (1804-1881) from The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, Vol. 1 Part 2 Mammalia, 1838-1839, by Charles Darwin

Background imageMurinae Collection: Suncus murinus caerulescens, Indian grey musk-shrew

Suncus murinus caerulescens, Indian grey musk-shrew
Young Musk Rats. Annotated watercolour drawing by Oliva Fanny Tonge (1858-1949), from one of 16 sketchbooks presented to the Natural History Museum in 1952



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