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Theria Collection (page 8)

Background imageTheria Collection: Coelodonta antiquitatis, woolly rhinoceros

Coelodonta antiquitatis, woolly rhinoceros
Fossil horn specimen from the extinct woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis)

Background imageTheria Collection: Great Dane

Great Dane
A Great Dane, photographed by Harry Taylor

Background imageTheria Collection: Staffordshire terrier

Staffordshire terrier
A Staffordshire terrier, photographed by Harry Taylor

Background imageTheria Collection: Great Dane with Chihuahua

Great Dane with Chihuahua
A Great Dane with Chihuahua, photographed by Harry Taylor

Background imageTheria Collection: Pantholops hodgsonii (Tibetan antelope or chiru)

Pantholops hodgsonii (Tibetan antelope or chiru). View of skull BM(NH) 1843.1 12.100

Background imageTheria Collection: Microtus agrestis, field vole

Microtus agrestis, field vole
Plate 214 from the Collection of Watercolour Drawings of British Vertebrates, 1830-1841, by William MacGillivray (1796-1851)

Background imageTheria Collection: Blue whale exhibit

Blue whale exhibit
The Whale Hall, the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageTheria Collection: Tabula

Tabula
Illustration from Handlung 1 Tabula, by Kirschner, 1786

Background imageTheria Collection: Megazostrodon

Megazostrodon
Reconstruction of Megazostrodon, a rodent-like prey animal. Megazostrodon was probably a nocturnal and one of the first insect-eating mammals

Background imageTheria Collection: Tail of a Glyptodon

Tail of a Glyptodon
The Glyptodon, a massive fully armoured mammal that lived during the Pleistocene period. Remains have been discovered in Argentina

Background imageTheria Collection: Tortoise and armadillo comparison

Tortoise and armadillo comparison
A really strange picture, reminds me of 1960s New York art

Background imageTheria 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 imageTheria Collection: A Race For Life

A Race For Life
Plate 12 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated by designs by Joseph Wolf, London 1874

Background imageTheria Collection: Dusicyon australis, Falkland Islands fox

Dusicyon australis, Falkland Islands fox
The Falklands fox, also known as the Falkland Islands wolf or the Warrah, was the only native land mammal of the Falkland Islands. It became extinct in 1876 (on West Falkland island)

Background imageTheria Collection: Woolly rhinoceros skull

Woolly rhinoceros skull

Background imageTheria Collection: The Barometz or Sythian Lamb

The Barometz or Sythian Lamb
From The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary 1887, by Henry Lee. Fig. 2 after Claude Duret

Background imageTheria Collection: Fossil collecting near Aveley, Essex

Fossil collecting near Aveley, Essex
Palaeontologists collecting the remains of a woolly mammoth and a straight-tusked elephant from a clay pit near Aveley, Essex in 1964

Background imageTheria Collection: Monkey

Monkey
Plate 72 of the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China, 1774-1856

Background imageTheria Collection: Palaeochiropteryx tupaiodon

Palaeochiropteryx tupaiodon
Fossil skeleton from the Middle Eocene, Lutetian, Oil Shale from Messel near Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany. From the collection of the Natural History Museum, London. Fossil bat

Background imageTheria Collection: Cetacea (order), cetacean stomach contents

Cetacea (order), cetacean stomach contents
Stomach contents of a Cetacean (either a whale, dolphin or a porpoise) preserved in a spirit jar. Specimen stored at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageTheria Collection: Myotis daubentonii, Daubentons bat

Myotis daubentonii, Daubentons bat
A Daubentons bat roosting. Photograph published on page 17 of Bats by Phil Richardson, a Natural History Museum publication, 2002

Background imageTheria Collection: Waterhouse Way, the Natural History Museum

Waterhouse Way, the Natural History Museum
Children in Waterhouse Way looking at the Megatherium, or giant sloth skeleton, Gallery 20, Life Galleries at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageTheria Collection: Models of Pompeii victims

Models of Pompeii victims
Models of the Pompeii, Italy eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, including a dog on display in The Power Within Gallery at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageTheria Collection: Skull of Toxodon platensis

Skull of Toxodon platensis
Three-quarters view. Skull length is 66 cms. Pleistocene specimen collected by Charles Darwin near Montevideo, Uraguay during the voyage of the Beagle 1832-1836

Background imageTheria Collection: Bulldog cranium 2004

Bulldog cranium 2004
Specimen number 2004.1034. Bulldog (male), Canis lupus familiaris

Background imageTheria Collection: Foot of Macrauchenia patachonica

Foot of Macrauchenia patachonica
Maximum dimension 30.5 cms. Pleistocene specimen collected by Charles Darwin in Argentina during the voyage of the Beagle 1832-1836

Background imageTheria Collection: Monkeys pillar design

Monkeys pillar design
Drawing 4 Vol 1 by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of pillars at the Natural History Museum, London, 1875. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s

Background imageTheria Collection: Bulldog cranium c. 1860

Bulldog cranium c. 1860
Specimen number 3551, Bulldog, Canis lupus familiaris

Background imageTheria Collection: Great paleotherium

Great paleotherium
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

Background imageTheria Collection: Goat design

Goat 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

Background imageTheria Collection: Lepus timideus, hare design

Lepus timideus, hare design
Pencil sketch for the terracotta decoration of the Natural History Museum, London by Alfred Waterhouse 1874-1879. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s

Background imageTheria Collection: Bradypus sp. three-toed sloth

Bradypus sp. three-toed sloth
A mounted skeleton of a three-toed sloth, an arboreal edentate from South and Central America, having long hook-like claws by which it hangs from tree branches

Background imageTheria Collection: Pteronotus parnellii mesoamericanus, common mustached bat

Pteronotus parnellii mesoamericanus, common mustached bat
A common mustached bat (Pteronotus parnellii mesoamericanus) photographed in Belize by Frank Greenaway

Background imageTheria Collection: Scientist at work in the Darwin Centre

Scientist at work in the Darwin Centre
A stranded harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, is examined to establish its age, diet, the number of parasites it bears, and the likely cause of death

Background imageTheria Collection: Carrying model beluga on pole, c. 1934

Carrying model beluga on pole, c. 1934
It took over a year from the closure of the old Whale Hall on 1 January 1934 for the skeletons and models, such as this beluga, to be ready for the public in the new Whale Hall

Background imageTheria Collection: Working on whale carcass, 1930s

Working on whale carcass, 1930s
Since 1913, when the Crowns rights to whales and dolphins stranded or caught in English waters (Fishes Royal) were transferred to the Museum, staff have been monitoring cetacean strandings

Background imageTheria Collection: Viverra sp. civet

Viverra sp. civet
This civet specimen was obtained in 1867, and held at The Natural History Museum, London

Background imageTheria Collection: Capra ibex, alpine ibex

Capra ibex, alpine ibex. Composite shot of the skull of the Capra ibex, alpine ibex

Background imageTheria Collection: German shepherd

German shepherd
A German shepherd, photographed by Harry Taylor

Background imageTheria Collection: Saffy a Belgian shepherd

Saffy a Belgian shepherd, photographed by Harry Taylor

Background imageTheria Collection: Capra ibex, alpine ibex skull

Capra ibex, alpine ibex skull
Capra ibex, alpine ibex. Composite shot of the skull of the Capra ibex, alpine ibex

Background imageTheria Collection: Tetracerus quadricornis, four-horned antelope

Tetracerus quadricornis, four-horned antelope. Skull specimens from the Natural History Museums mammal collection. Specimen reference is 2.8.14.3

Background imageTheria Collection: Polar bear- Grizzly bear hybrid

Polar bear- Grizzly bear hybrid, specimen on display at the Natural History Museum, Tring

Background imageTheria Collection: Dalmation

Dalmation
A Dalmation, photographed by Harry Taylor

Background imageTheria Collection: Beauty of the Quadrumana

Beauty of the Quadrumana
Figures 73 to 76 showing Head of Semnopithecus comatus, head of Cebus capucinus, head of Ateles marginatus and head of Cebus vellerosus. From Darwin, C



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