Pygmaeus Collection

Historical views of the Eastern Islands (Indonesia). Natives of the Ladrones Islands (Marianas) sailing in a proa sailboat 34, Abba Thule

Skeleton of the Bornean orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus
Skeleton and skull of the Bornean orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus. Endangered. (Great Borneo ape, Simia satyrus.) Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J

Bornean orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus, female. Endangered
Bornean orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus. Endangered. Domesticated female orang-outang with bandana and bowl. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J

Bornean orangutan and chimpanzee, both endangered
Bornean orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus (Pithecus satyrus) endangered, and chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes (Troglodites niger) endangered

Moose or Eurasian elk, Alces alces, and royal antelope, Neotragus pygmaeus. Handcolored engraving by Fournier from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle

Feathertail glider and Talaud bear cuscus
Feathertail glider, Acrobates pygmaeus, and Talaud bear cuscus, Ailurops melanotis (critically endangered). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon

Chimpanzee and orangutan heads
Young chimpanzee head, Pan troglodytes 1, young orangutan head 2, adult orangutan head 3, and skull of orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus 4. Endangered

Cuscus, yellow-bellied glider, feathertail
Northern common cuscus, Phalanger orientalis 3, yellow-bellied glider, Petaurus australis 4, feathertail glider, Acrobates pygmaeus 5, Peziza fungi 1 and Psygmatocerus wagleri beetle 2

Bornean orangutans, Pongo pygmaeus. Critically endangered. Orang-outang. Handcoloured steel engraving drawn and engraved by Adolph Fries from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Menevilles Dictionnaire Pittoresque

African animals: zebra, giraffe, chimpanzee
African animals: zebra, Equus quagga, giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis, endangered chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes, and the endangered Asian jocko (orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus)

Pygmy musk of Sumatra, Moschus pygmaeus. Handcoloured engraving drawn and engraved by Griffith, Harriet or Edward, from a specimen at Exeter Change from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by

Pygmy three-toed sloth, Bradypus pygmaeus. Critically endangered. Three toe d sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, var. Two feet one inch in length. Illustration drawn and engraved by Thomas Landseer

Curtis British Entomology Plate 131
Coleoptera: Dendrophilus sheppardi = Dendrophilus pygmaeus (Sheppardian Hister) [Plant: Iris foetidissima (flower; Stinking Flag)] Date: 1824-39

An orang utan (Pongo pygmaeus) kidnapping a young girl.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Ebenezer Siblys Universal System of Natural History, 1794

The Orang Utan or Wild Man of the Woods (Pongo pygmaeus) holding a stick.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Ebenezer Siblys Universal System of Natural History, 1794

Domesticated orang utan (female) wearing a striped bandana and carrying a bowl, Pongo pygmaeus.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Ebenezer Siblys Universal System of Natural History, 1794

Ouran outang or Bornean Orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from The Naturalists Pocket Magazine; or

Pygmy musk deer or royal antelope, Moschus pygmaeus.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1800

Bornean orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus (endangered) and silvery gibbon, Hylobates moloch (endangered).. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuviers Dictionary of Natural Science

Orang utan, Pongo pygmaeus (endangered) and silvery gibbon, Hylobates moloch (endangered).. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy

Pigmy hermit, Phaetornis pygmaeus, and gigantic or giant hummingbird, Patagona gigas.. Hand-colored steel engraving from H. G. Adams Hummingbirds 1856

ORANG-UTANS - adult and young looking at reflection in mirror (Pongo pygmaeus)

ORANG-UTAN - Mother kissing baby (Pongo pygmaeus)

ORANG-UTAN
(pongo pygmaeus) Date: circa 1860

Orang-Utan (Lydeker)
(pongo pygmaeus) Date: 1893

Orang-Utan - 3
(pongo pygmaeus)

Orang-Utan Dressed
(pongo pygmaeus) The orang was long considered to be the closest to humankind - this inmate of the London zoo has been dressed in human clothes by the Zoological Society

Orang-Utan (C18)
(pongo pygmaeus) 18th century savants considered the orang to be the closest to humankind : this one could almost be a species of homo erectus

Bewick / Orang-Utan
(Pongo pygmaeus) - 18th century naturalists - and the general public - were fascinated by this primate, so similar to us : Bewick names it the wild man of the woods

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