Mammals Collection

Bison (Bison bison) in snowstorm. Yellowstone National Park, USA, February

Sensory homunculus
This model shows what a mans body would look like if each part grew in proportion to the area of the cortex of the brain concerned with its sensory perception

Brown bear (Ursus arctos) and Grey wolf (Canis lupus) together in wetlands, Kuhmo, Finland, July

Mary Anning (1799-1847)
Pioneer fossil collector of Lyme Regis, Dorset. Oil painting by an unknown artist, before 1842. Golden Cap is visible in the background. Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Motor homunculus
This model shows what a mans body would look like if each part grew in proportion to the area of the cortex of the brain concerned with its movement

Snow leopard mother (Uncia uncia) with cub, captive, occurs in mountains of central and southern Asia

Pair of European grey wolves (Canis lupus) interacting, Tromso, Norway, captive, April

Hominid crania
L to R: Australopithecus africanus; Homo rudolfensis; H.erectus; H. heildebergensis; H. neanderthalensis and H. sapiens

Pterodactyls considered as marsupial bats
Pterodactylus crassirostris above P. brevirostris. Plate from Note on the Pterodactyle Tribe... Paper in The Zoologist, Vol 1, 1843 by Edward Newman

Highland Cattle (Bos tarus) herd grazing, West Highland Way, Tyndrum, Scotland, UK, August

handsAlpine marmot (Marmota marmota) reching upwards, Hohe Tauern National Park, Austria, July

African Lioness - close up of female (Panthera leo)

Australopithecus afarensis (AL 288-1) (Lucy)
A cast of the partial skeleton (nicknamed Lucy) of Australopithecus afarensis found at the Hadar, North East Ethiopia in 1974 by Donald Johanson

Sir David Attenborough with mountain gorillas, on location for BBC series Life on Earth, Rwanda, Africa 1978

RF- Jaguar (Panthera onca) head portrait, captive

Llama {Lama glama} portrait, captive, Peru

Japanese Macaques (Macaca fuscata) in hot springs, Jigokudani, Nagano Prefecture, Honshu, Japan

Orangutan {Pongo pygmaeus} baby swinging in the trees, Rehabilitation sanctuary, Tanjung Puting National Park, Kalimantan, Indonesia

Wet black Labrador Retriever dog (Canis lupus familiaris) at the dog beach, male, domestic dog

Orang utan (Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus) portrait of mother with baby, occurs in Borneo, captive, Endangered

Head portrait of male silverback Western lowland gorilla {Gorilla gorilla gorilla} UK

Sir David Attenborough with mountain gorillas on location for BBC series Life on Earth, Rwanda, Africa 1978

Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) resting, Pico, Azores, Portugal, June 2009 WWE OUTDOOR EXHIBITION. NOT AVAILABLE FOR GREETING CARDS OR CALENDARS. WWE BOOK

African elephant herd walking {Loxodonta africana} Amboseli, Kenya

The Red-river Hog, 1865 (colour litho)
780852 The Red-river Hog, 1865 (colour litho) by Wolf, Joseph (1820-99); 24.5x34.7 cm; Zoological Society of London; (add.info.: Potamochoerus penicillatus ); eZoological Society of London; German

Highland cow lying on Heather, Curbar Edge, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire. August

Wolverine (Gulo gulo) walking over snow, Kamchatka, Far East Russia, April 2008

Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) playing in the waves of an oil tanker, Port Aransas, Texas, USA

Pine marten (Martes martes) juvenile, climbing pine tree in woodland, Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve, Wester Ross, Scotland, UK, July

Fallow deer (Dama dama) grazing, Holkham, Norfolk, November 2011

Young Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) standing and trying to balance in shallow water along the Bernard Spit, 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope of the Brooks Range, Alaska

Wild Siberian / Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) in woodland, near Perekatnaj river, Lazovskyi region, Primorskyi krai, Far East Russia, February. Endangered species

Flemish giant rabbit with ears erect

African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus) pack passing infront of large African elephant (Loxodonta africana) Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe October 2012

Alaska Brown Bears (Ursus arctos) Alaska, Digital Composite

Australopithecus afarensis (AL 288-1) (Lucy)
A partial skeleton (nicknamed Lucy) of Australopithecus afarensis found at the Hadar, North East Ethiopia in 1974 by Donald Johanson

Ground sloth droppings or coprolite
Ground sloth (Mylodon darwinii) fossilised droppings or coprolite, 13, 000 year old specimen from the Pleistocene, Chile

Young Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) standing and trying to balance in shallow water along the Bernard Spit, 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope of the Brooks Range, Alaska

Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) Sabyinyo Group, Silverback in meadow, Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda, East Africa

Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) silhouette at dusk in late summer. Scotland, October

European hare (Lepus europaeus) in set aside field seeded with Corn Marigolds (Chrysanthemum)
European hare (Lepus europaeus) in set aside field seeded with Corn Marigolds (Chrysanthemum segetum), Norfolk, England, UK, September

Masai giraffe {Giraffa camelopardalis} mother nuzzling baby, Lower Masai Mara GR, Kenya

Orangutan baby (Pongo pygmaeus) head portrait of baby, Semengoh Nature reserve, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia. Endangered

Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) two breaching in evening light, Moray Firth, Inverness-shire, Scotland, UK, August, sequence 2/2

Head of a Bald Uakari, Cacajao calvus, red-faced monkey

Young black Labrador Retriever dog (Canis lupus familiaris), portrait, male, domestic dog

Sika deer, Spotted Deer or Japanese Deer (Cervus nippon), stag

Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx)

Wire-haired Miniature Dachshund (Canis familiaris) showing strong, prominent eyebrows and distinctive beard, front view

Neofelis nebulosa diardi, clouded leopard
Felis diardi. Plate from A Monograph of the Felidae, or Family of the Cats, 1833, by Daniel Giraud Elliot. One of 43 hand-coloured lithographs by Joseph Wolf (1820-1899) and Joseph Smit (1836-1929)

Brown hare (Lepus europaeus) in wheat stubble, Norfolk, UK, August

Two white horses of the Camargue, head to head at water, Camargue, Southern France

European grey wolf (Canis lupus) interacting with a European brown bear (Ursus arctos) Kuhmo, Finland, July 2009. WWE INDOOR EXHIBITION

Arctic Fox searches for food, sniffing lemmings and other food under deep snow on Kara sea shore (Alopex lagopus). tundra of Taimyr peninsula, North of Siberia, Russian Arctic, winter

Illustration, Kittis Hog-nosed Bat (Craseonycteris thonglongyai) hanging upside down, side view

A black and white Karelian bear dog with a thick coat, pricked-up ears, and a white stripe down the center of its forehead, head and neck only

Schistosoma spp. blood flukes
Blood flukes mating. These parasites are found in man and other mammals. Snails are the intermediate hosts

Smilodon fatalis, sabre-toothed cat
Skeleton of an extinct sabre-toothed cat which lived about 15, 000 years ago in North America. It was about the size of a present day lion

Cladognathus sp. stag beetle
A specimen of a large stag beetle from Asia. Stag beetles belong to the family (Lucanidae). Only male stag beetles have horns or antlers

Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild (1868-1937)
Carriage drawn by three zebra and a horse, driven by Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild (1868-1937), founder of the Natural History Museum at Tring, part of the Natural History Museum, London since 1937

Homo neanderthalensis in action at Swanscombe, UK
An illustration by Angus McBride showing a group of Homo neanderthalensis on the ancient banks of the river Thames in modern day Swanscombe, Kent

Ballyregan Bob, greyhound
Photograph of Ballyregan Bob, the famous racing greyhound. Specimen on display at the Natural History Museum at Tring

Megatherium, giant ground sloth
Skeleton of an extinct creature that roamed cool, dry, scrub and grasslands of South America 100, 000 years ago. On display at the Natural History Museum, London

Young Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) standing and trying to balance in shallow water along the Bernard Spit, 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope of the Brooks Range, Alaska

Young Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) standing and trying to balance in shallow water along the Bernard Spit, 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope of the Brooks Range, Alaska

Young Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) standing and trying to balance in shallow water along the Bernard Spit, 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope of the Brooks Range, Alaska

Vulpes zerda, Fennec Fox

Greyhound design
Drawing 26 Vol 2 by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1876. (Two separate negatives)

Indian elephant, c. 1898
Jung Pasha or Jung Pershad was one of four Asian elephants brought back to London Zoo by Bertie, Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VII) following his tour of India during 1875-76

Accipiter striatus, sharp-shinned hawk
Plate 374 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

A rare British broadsheet illustration with contemporary hand colouring, drawn and engraved by John Emslie and published by James Reynolds in 1849

Great bustard, Otis tarda (vulnerable), and common ringed plover, Charadrius hiaticula

Illustration, leaping Nyala (Tragelaphus angasii), curly horns and vertical white stripes on back half of body, side view

Adult male Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla beringei graueri) on all fours on grass

Mustela nivalis, least weasel
Plate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)

Pipistrellus pipistrellus, common pipistrelle
Plate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)

Miniature smooth coated Jack Russell Terrier, tan and white female puppy, 20 weeks, portrait

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Orang utan (Pongo pygmaeus) portrait of mother and baby, Semengoh Nature reserve, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia, Endangered

Head portrait of a Giant panda (Ailuropoda Melanoleuca) Bifengxia Giant Panda Breeding and Conservation Center, Yaan, Sichuan, China

Reindeer {Rangifer tarandus} in Saami enclosure Vindelfjallen NR, Lapland

African elephant {Loxodonta africana} charging, Etosha national park, Namibia

Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) male, India

Common opossum {Didelphis marsupialis} playing dead as defence strategy

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Mammals, the diverse group of animals that share common characteristics such as warm-bloodedness, hair or fur, and the ability to nurse their young. From the majestic brown bear and grey wolf roaming together in wetlands to the captivating sight of a pair of European grey wolves interacting in Tromso, Norway, these creatures never fail to captivate us with their beauty. Just like Mary Anning, a pioneering paleontologist who discovered important fossils from ancient mammals during her time (1799-1847), we continue to uncover fascinating insights about our mammalian ancestors. The hominid crania and Australopithecus afarensis (AL 288-1) also known as Lucy provide valuable clues about our evolutionary journey. But it's not just our own species that fascinates us; we are equally intrigued by other mammals' behaviors. Whether it's witnessing a wolverine gracefully walking over snow in Kamchatka or observing an African lioness up close with her intense gaze, these moments remind us of the incredible diversity within this animal group. Sperm whales resting peacefully off the coast of Pico in Portugal or encountering a wild Siberian/Amur tiger amidst woodland near Perekatnaj river evoke awe for their sheer power and grace. Even llamas can capture our attention with their unique charm when portrayed in stunning portraits against vibrant landscapes. As we delve deeper into understanding mammalian biology, concepts like sensory homunculus and motor homunculus help unravel how different parts of their bodies contribute to various senses and movements. These intricate details only deepen our appreciation for these remarkable creatures. Mammals encompass an extraordinary array of species that continually amaze us through their behavior, appearance, and evolutionary history. They remind us that nature's wonders extend far beyond what meets the eye – whether it be bears splashing through wetlands or tigers prowling silently through woodlands – mammals never cease to captivate our imagination.