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Placental Mammal Collection (page 5)

Background imagePlacental Mammal Collection: Raised beaches, Patagonis

Raised beaches, Patagonis
Illustration (p.182) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

Background imagePlacental Mammal Collection: Homeward Bound

Homeward Bound
Illustration (p.531) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

Background imagePlacental Mammal Collection: Fox

Fox
An illustration (Plate 7, Mammals) from the Zoology of the Beagle

Background imagePlacental Mammal Collection: Bandages from a calf mummy

Bandages from a calf mummy

Background imagePlacental Mammal Collection: Toxodon Platensis, found at Sadillo

Toxodon Platensis, found at Sadillo
Illustration (p.134) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

Background imagePlacental Mammal Collection: Paranthropus robustus cranium (SK 48)

Paranthropus robustus cranium (SK 48)
A cast of the cranium belonging to an adult female Paranthropus robustus discovered at Swartkrans, South Africa by Dr. Robert Broom and J.T. Robinson. P. robustus lived around 1.5 million years ago

Background imagePlacental Mammal Collection: Whales and their relatives

Whales and their relatives
Poster advertising Whales and their relatives exhibition which opened in 1984

Background imagePlacental Mammal 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 imagePlacental Mammal Collection: Phiolophus vulpiceps

Phiolophus vulpiceps. Skull of a dawn horse found in Harwich

Background imagePlacental Mammal Collection: Cervus unicolor brookei

Cervus unicolor brookei
Photograph of BM(NH) 1.3.13.1 Cervus unicolor brookei, Sarawak

Background imagePlacental Mammal Collection: Rodent

Rodent
An illustration (Plate 21, Mammals) from the Zoology of the Beagle

Background imagePlacental Mammal Collection: Sus scrofa, European wild boar

Sus scrofa, European wild boar
European wild boar piglets. Stuffed specimens on display in Gallery 5 at the Natural History Museum at Tring, part of the Natural History Museum, London

Background imagePlacental Mammal Collection: The largest mammoth tusk, 1931

The largest mammoth tusk, 1931
A mammoth tusk from Siberia, nearly 14 feet long, just presented to the Natural History Museum, South Kensington, is believed to be the largest yet known. It is the gift from the Rowland Ward Trustees

Background imagePlacental Mammal Collection: Skull cup found at Goughs Cave

Skull cup found at Goughs Cave
A skull cup identified among human remains from Goughs Cave, Somerset. At around 14, 700 years old, the skull cups are the oldest directly dated examples in the world

Background imagePlacental Mammal Collection: Megaloceros, Irish elk

Megaloceros, Irish elk
Also known as Irish elk, Megaloceros lived across Europe and western Asia until it became extinct about 8, 000 years ago

Background imagePlacental Mammal Collection: Fossil tooth of horse, from Bahia Blanca

Fossil tooth of horse, from Bahia Blanca
Illustration (p.138) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

Background imagePlacental Mammal Collection: Australopithecus sp. hip bone

Australopithecus sp. hip bone
The hip bone (Os coxae) of Australopithecus from Sterkfontein, South Africa

Background imagePlacental Mammal Collection: Homo habilis cranium & mandible fragment casts

Homo habilis cranium & mandible fragment casts
Casts of fragments mandible and cranium fragments of a Homo habilis discovered at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania dating back to between 1.85 million years ago to 1.6 million years ago

Background imagePlacental Mammal Collection: Trachypithecus cristatus, silver leaf monkey

Trachypithecus cristatus, silver leaf monkey. Males skull. Catalogue reference 1909.4.1.5

Background imagePlacental Mammal Collection: Rhinoceros sondaicus, javan rhinoceros

Rhinoceros sondaicus, javan rhinoceros skull from sunderabund, Bengal

Background imagePlacental Mammal Collection: Boxgrove excavation site

Boxgrove excavation site
A view of the archaeological excavation site at Boxgrove, West Sussex, UK. The site yielded a very significant fossil find, a tibia and incisors believe to have belonged to a 500

Background imagePlacental Mammal Collection: Bat

Bat
An illustration (Plate 1, Mammals) from the Zoology of the Beagle

Background imagePlacental Mammal Collection: Australopithecus sp. thigh & hip bone

Australopithecus sp. thigh & hip bone

Background imagePlacental Mammal Collection: Beached whales alive in a Cornish village, 1932

Beached whales alive in a Cornish village, 1932
The people of Perranporth, a village not far from Newquay, Cornwall, have just had the surprise of their lives. Eight whales have been found on the beach washed up during a gale

Background imagePlacental Mammal Collection: Bubalus bubalis, Indian water buffalo

Bubalus bubalis, Indian water buffalo
These are the largest Indian water buffalo horns ever recorded, each almost 2 metres long

Background imagePlacental Mammal Collection: Skin from a Ground sloth

Skin from a Ground sloth
This rare sloth skin, one of the best examples of its kind, was found in a cave in Chile in the early 1900 s

Background imagePlacental Mammal Collection: Mylodon

Mylodon
Illustration (p.140) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

Background imagePlacental Mammal Collection: Illustration of a seal intestine

Illustration of a seal intestine
Drawing of a seal intestine by Edward Wilson. Drawn during the Terra Nova expedition to the South Pole 1910-1913

Background imagePlacental Mammal Collection: Fake rodent skeleton

Fake rodent skeleton
Sent to the Museum by amateur palaeontologist Reverend C Green in 1843. The skeleton had not been dug out of the ground whole and bones belonged to different individuals

Background imagePlacental Mammal Collection: The Modern Mrs Jonah

The Modern Mrs Jonah
Eric the Whale at Olympia. Eric, the huge 65-ton whale which arrived at Olympia yesterday from America, was on view there this morning for the first time

Background imagePlacental Mammal Collection: Sketch of Dolphins by Edward Wilson

Sketch of Dolphins by Edward Wilson
Plate one from Edward Wilson sTerra Nova sketch book showing three dolphins

Background imagePlacental Mammal Collection: Missourium theristrocaulodon, jaw bone

Missourium theristrocaulodon, jaw bone
Unearthed in 1840 on the shore of the Pomme de Terre River in Missouri by Albert Koch. The enormous skulls, jaws and bones all belonged to an extinct relative of the elephant

Background imagePlacental Mammal Collection: 99% Ape

99% Ape cover illustration

Background imagePlacental Mammal Collection: Graomys lockwoodi

Graomys lockwoodi
Views of Graomys lockwoodi skull. Original specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Harry Taylor, 2010

Background imagePlacental Mammal Collection: Madoqua saltiana, Salts dik-dik

Madoqua saltiana, Salts dik-dik
On display in the Natural History Museums whale and mammal gallery (number 24). Its common name, dik-dik (or dikdik) is thought to have dervied from the sound it makes whilst running

Background imagePlacental Mammal Collection: Elephant; Walk Quietly

Elephant; Walk Quietly
A Natural History Museum poster with an elephant design asking visitors to walk quietly. 1968

Background imagePlacental Mammal Collection: Trachypithecus delacouri, delacours langur

Trachypithecus delacouri, delacours langur
Skull of Trachypithecus delacouri, delacours langur. Type specimen catalogue number 32.4.19. Male

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

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



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