Theria Collection (#9)

Whaling boats
A photograph from A Cruise in the Arctic (1888) by Livingstone-Learmonth

Panther 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

Micronycteris brachyotis, orange-throated bat
An orange-throated bat (Micronycteris brachyotis) photographed in Belize by Frank Greenaway

Sturnira lilium parvidens, yellow-shouldered bat

Pteronotus davyi fulvus, Davys naked-backed bat
A Davys naked-backed bat (Pteronotus davyi fulvus) photographed in Belize by Frank Greenaway

Diphylla ecaudata, hairy-legged vampire bat
A hairy-legged vampire bat (Diphylla ecaudata) photographed in Belize by Frank Greenaway

Rhynchonycteris naso, proboscis bat
A proboscis bat (Rhynchonycteris naso) photographed in Belize by Frank Greenaway

Detail of terracotta moulding of monkeys in the Waterhouse B
The Waterhouse Buiding at the Natural History Museum, London was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) and first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Micronycteris nicefori, large-eared bat
A large-eared bat (Micronycteris nicefori) photographed in Belize by Frank Greenaway

Hyracotherium skull
Skull, 13 cm long, from the London Clay, Harwich, Essex. Hyracotherium, is the earliest known horse from the late Palaeocene and early Eocene of North America and Europe

Drawing of the wing of a bat from Owens book On the Nature
From Richard Owens book On the Nature of Limbs (1849)

Dusicyon antarcticus, Falkland fox
Study skin of a female specimen from West Falkland Island. Scale is in centimetres

Manidae manis, pangolin
LS Plate 82 of the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China, 1774-1856

Plate 4 in Reliquiae Diluvianae (1823)
Compares the jaw of a modern Cape hyena (top) with the larger jaws of the extinct hyena species found at Kirkdale Cave

Mammuthus trogontherii, steppe mammoth
Cranium and tusks of this Pleistocene steppe mammoth found at Ilford, Essex, England on display at the Natural History Museum, London

Brontotherium skull
Skull measuring 730 mm left to right, without the lower jaw, of Brontotherium, a gigantic Oligocene browsing ungulate from Nabraska, North America

Tupaia glis, common tree shrew teeth

Whale heart
A freeze dried specimen of a Whales heart, thought to be from an immature Sperm Whale. Held in the Natural History Museums Department of Zoology. Approximately 1 metre in length

Hyracotherium skeleton
Modelled from various sources. Hyracotherium is the earliest known horse from the late Palaeocene and early Eocene of North America and Europe. Frame is 820mm wide

Plate 77 of the Reeves Collection (Zoology)
LS Plate 77 of the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China, 1774-1856

Equus caballus, horse
Skull belonging to a horse (Equus caballus) from the Zoology collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Arsinotherium skeleton
Mounted skeleton of an Oligocene, 35 million year old rhinoceras-like ungulate from Egypt. Complete mounted skeleton

Sousa teuszii, Atlantic Hump-backed Dolphin skull

A native spearing a kangaroo
Drawing 74 from the Watling Collection titled A Native spearing a Kangaroo by a Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Bat 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

Carnivora (order), carnivore
Plate 129 Three carnivores. Watercolour by Tursmoney Chittenham, a Nepalese artist, c. 1840. From the scrapbook collection of birds and mammals of Nepal, 1818-1858

Detail of terracotta moulding of a bat in the Waterhouse Bui
The Waterhouse Buiding at the Natural History Museum, London was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) and first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

X-ray of a mummified cat
X-ray of mummified ancient Egyptian cat from Ptolemaic period, 330-30 BC. Collected by Sir Flinders Petrie. X-ray shows displaced neck (cervical) vertebrae

Antler baton (Goughs Cave)
Reindeer antler baton excavated from Goughs Cave, Cheddar, Somerset dated at around 14, 000 to 12, 000 years old, (Creswellian)

Ursus spelaeus, cave bear
Skull specimen of a cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) from the Natural History Museums Palaeotology department

Hesperocyon
Fossil from the Natural History Museum s, Palaeontology Department

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

Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895)
Portrait of Thomas Henry Huxley, a zoologist, a strong advocate of Charles Darwin, and author of many publications including The Physical Basis of Life (1868)

Tetracerus quadricornis, four-horned antelope jaw
Tetracerus quadricornis, four-horned antelope. Jaw specimen taken from the collection at the Natural History Museum. Specimen ref is 56.9.22.11

Chihuahua
The Chihuahua is the smallest breed of dog in the world and is named for the Chihuahua region in Mexico. Photographed by Harry Taylor

Georgie a giant schnauzer, photographed by Harry Taylor

Pantholops hodgsonii, tiibetan antelope or chiru
Composite view of the skull of a male Pantholops hodgsonii, tibetan antelope or chiru..BM(NH) 1843.1 12.100

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