Miniopteridae Gallery

Australopithecus and the Rhodesian Man

Reconstructed: Australopithecus and the Rhodesian Man. Links in the chain of human evolution: Australopithecus Africanus (3 ft high on the left), representing the Taungs skull, and his later compatriot, the Rhodesian (6 ft), representing the Broken Hill skull. Date: 1925

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Africanus, Anthropology, Australopithecus, Broken, Evolution, Hill, Historical, History, Hominid, Hominids, Human, Links, Man, Reconstructed, Reconstruction, Rhodesian, Skull, Taungs

Schreibers Long-fingered / Schreibers Long-eared / Schreibers Bat flying out of cave

CAN-2954
Red Kite - in flight
Wales, UK
Milvus milvus
Protected in the UK and increasing its range. Mainly found in Wales. Found in western Europe and extreme northern Africa. Lives in open wooded land and varied country including forests or woods mixed with farmland, pasture or heathland. Historically occurred in cities and still quite closely associated with man visiting rich feeding areas on edges of towns e.g. rubbish dumps. Essentially eats carrion and small or medium-sized mammals and birds. Nests in trees. Mainly migratory in north and central Europe
John Cancalosi
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© Jim Zipp/ardea.com

African wildlife, lithograph, published in 1897

African wildlife: 1) Gorilla; 2) Chimpanzee (Pan); 3) Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx); 4) Giraffe; 5) Lesser kudu (Ammelaphus imberbis, or Tragelaphus imberbis); 6) Lion (Panthera leo); 7) Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius); 8) African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana); 9) Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus); 10) Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis); 11) Black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata); 12) Violet turaco (Musophaga violacea); 13) Grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus); 14) Helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris); 15) Ostrich (Struthio camelus); 16) Rain frogs (Breviceps); 17) Chameleon; 18) Rock hyrax (Procavia capensis). Lithograph after a drawing by Gustav MAOEtzel (German painter, 1839 - 1893), published in 1897