Pantherinae Collection

Pterodactyl and scimitar-toothed lion design
Drawing 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

Barbary lion skull
Oldest UK skull of a North African Barbary lion, Panthera leo leo, dated to 1280-1385. The lion was part of the royal zoo in the Tower of London 700 years ago

The Ambuscade
Plate 19 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated with designs by Joseph Wolf, London 1874. Date: 1875

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

Children examining tiger, c. 1927. The Natural History Muse
This white tiger was shot in the Rewa jungle in early 1925 by the Maharajah Gulab Singh. The Maharajah presented this animal to George V, who in turn loaned the specimen to the Museum in February 1926

Nepal tiger, 1913. The Natural History Museum, London

Lions in debris, 1944. The Natural History Museum, London
The 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

Bechuana Hunting a Lion (Plate 35 / 36)
An illustration by Captain (later Sir) William Cornwallis Harris (1807-1848), an officer in the Indian army and an acclaimed naturalist who travelled though South Africa

A puma-leopard hybrid
A hybrid of a puma and a leopard, (about 1 metre in length) on display at the Natural History Museum at Tring. Close-up of head

Panthera pardus nimr, Arabian leopard
Arabin leopards, arabia felici, Panthera pardus nimr. Plate 17 from Symbolae Physicae section: Zoologica I. Mammalia by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1795-1876)

Panthera onca, jaguar
Close-up of Jaguar (Panthera onca) skin. The Jaguar is the largest of the New World Cats. It can be found in the Jungles of South and Central America

Panthera pardus, leopard
Partial leopard skull viewed from the right. Remains found in the moat of the Tower of London during the 1930s. Now held in the collections at the Natural History Museum, London

Lion skull with lower jaw viewed from left side
Remains found in the moat of the Tower of London during the 1930s, now in the collections at the Natural History Museum

Detail shot of partially infilled foramen magnum lion skull
Remains found in the moat of the Tower of London during the 1930s, now in the collections at the Natural History Museum

Lion skull with lower jaw viewed from right side
Remains found in the moat of the Tower of London during the 1930s, now in the collections at the Natural History Museum

Panthera leo, lion
Lion skull viewed from the rear. Remains found in the moat of the Tower of London during the 1930s. Now held in the collections at the Natural History Museum, London

Tiger specimen, c. 1925
Children viewing a mounted tiger specimen at the Natural History Museum, London

The King of Beasts
Plate 16 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated with designs by Joseph Wolf, London 1874

The Siesta
Plate 9 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated by designs by Joseph Wolf, London 1874

Casts of artifacts from Czech Republic
Ivory running lion, ivory ornamant and a lionesss head in fired clay; all 25, 000 - 30, 000 years old (Upper Palaeolithic) from Dolni Vestonice, Czech Republic

Panthera tigris corbetti, Indochinese tiger
Tiger skin from Laobao, Vietnam. Specimen held at The Natural History Museum, London

Panthera tigris virgata, Persian tiger
Female tiger skin from Afghanistan. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Lion
Drawing 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

Panthera tigris balica, Balinese tiger
Tiger skin from Bali. Specimen held at The Natural History Museum, London

Panthera tigris tigris, Bengal tiger
Tiger skin from Bengal. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Panthera tigris sondaica, Javan tiger
Tiger skin from Java. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Lion skull with lower jaw 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

Panthera pardus pardus, African leopard
Photograph of an African leopard skin specimen from West Africa

Child looking at a tiger exhibit
Specimens on display at the Natural History Museum at Tring, part of the Natural History Museum, London

Panthera tigris sumatrae, Sumatran tiger
Photograph of a Sumatran tiger skin specimen. Collection number 1935.4.6.3

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