Extinct Collection

In the Saurian Age, when the Worlds inhabitants were gigantic peptiles, 1907. From Harmsworth History of the World, Volume 1, by Arthur Mee, J.A. Hammerton, & A.D. Innes, M.A

Dodo and guinea pig, 1750. Artist: George Edwards
Dodo and guinea pig, 1750. A dodo - Didus ineptus, an extinct flightless bird from Mauritius and a guinea pig - Cavia porcellus, a rodent native to South America

The Quagga in the Zoological Society's Gardens, Regent's Park, 1858. Creator: Pearson
The Quagga in the Zoological Society's Gardens, Regent's Park, 1858. A male quagga has long been a desideratum in the society's menagerie [sic]

AI IMAGE - Dodo in a glass case in a museum, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Dodo in a glass case in a museum, 2023. The first recorded mention of the dodo (Raphus cucullatus), an extinct flightless bird living on the island of Mauritius

Phacochoerus aethiopicus aethiopicus (Cape warthog), c.1778. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Phacochoerus aethiopicus aethiopicus (Cape warthog), c.1778

Phacochoerus aethiopicus aethiopicus (Cape warthog), 1778. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Phacochoerus aethiopicus aethiopicus (Cape warthog), 1778

Phacochoerus aethiopicus aethiopicus (Cape warthog; female), c.1778-1779. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Phacochoerus aethiopicus aethiopicus (Cape warthog; female), c.1778-1779

Hippotragus leucophaeus (Bluebuck), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Hippotragus leucophaeus (Bluebuck), 1777-1786

Collection of extinct animals in the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Collection of extinct animals in the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854"

Fossil Foot of Dinornis, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Fossil Foot of Dinornis, 1850. Lecture by Gideon Algernon Mantell on the extinct gigantic birds of New Zealand. The most extraordinary relics obtained from this spot were the entire series of bones

Comparative Sizes of Dinornis, Ostrich, and New Zealander, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Comparative Sizes of Dinornis, Ostrich, and New Zealander, 1850....a lecture on the extinct gigantic birds of New Zealand, by Dr

Cheval Turk, 1850 / 1900. Creator: Antoine-Louis Barye
Cheval Turk, 1850/1900

Passenger Pigeon, Blue-mountain Warbler, and Hemlock Warbler, published 1808-1814

Carolina Parrot, from the Birds of America series (N4) for Allen &
Carolina Parrot, from the Birds of America series (N4) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands, 1888

The Hunterian Museum, at the Royal College of Surgeons, 1845. Creator: Unknown
The Hunterian Museum, at the Royal College of Surgeons, 1845. Display of animal skeletons at The Hunterian in London. The first large object seen, on the right

St. Kilda Mice, 1899, (1943). Creator: P. J. Smit
St. Kilda Mice, 1899, (1943). Type of mouse found only on the remote islands of the St Kilda archipelago of northwest Scotland. From " The Proceedings of the Zoological Society", 1899

The Mammoth of St. Petersburg, 1883. Creator: Unknown
The Mammoth of St. Petersburg, 1883. From " St. Nicholas: Volume X. Part I. November 1882, to May 1883". [Scribner & Co. New York, 1883]

Skeleton of the Mylodon Darwinii, c1885, (1890). Artist: Robert Taylor Pritchett
Skeleton of the Mylodon Darwinii, c1885, (1890). From Journal of Researchers into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited during the Voyage of H.M.S

Passenger Pigeon, (Ectopistes migratorius), extinct species, c1850, (1856). From Bible Natural History: containing a Description of Quadrupeds, Birds, Trees, Plants, Insects, Etc

View of the Hohenkrahen from the slopes of the Hotentwiel, 1931. Artist: Kurt Hielscher
View of the Hohenkrahen from the slopes of the Hotentwiel, 1931. From Deutschland by Kurt Hielscher. [F. A. Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1931]

Prehistoric men attacking great cave bears, 1907. From Harmsworth History of the World, Volume 1, by Arthur Mee, J.A. Hammerton, & A.D. Innes, M.A. [Carmelite House, London, 1907]

The early Ice Age, when mammoths roamed the Earth and Man was arising, 1907. From Harmsworth History of the World, Volume 1, by Arthur Mee, J.A. Hammerton, & A.D. Innes, M.A

The last of the Charruas, 1848. The Charrua of South America were wiped out by European settlers. An engraving from the Natural History of Man, by James Cowles Prichard

Mah-to-toh-pa, (The Four Bears), 2nd Chief of the Mandans, 1848. Artist: Harris
Mah-to-toh-pa, (The Four Bears), 2nd Chief of the Mandans, 1848. Native American man of the Mandan people, a branch of the Sioux family in North America

Mi-neek-ee-sank-te-ka, The Mink, A Mandan Girl, 1848. Native American girl of the Mandan people, a branch of the Sioux family in North America

Sha-ko-ka, The Mint, A Mandan Girl, 1848. Artist: Harris
Sha-ko-ka, The Mint, A Mandan Girl, 1848. Native American girl displaying the gray hue of the hair, of the Mandan people, a branch of the Sioux family in North America

Valley Lake, Mount Gambier, South Australia, 1886. Artist: H Baker
Valley Lake, Mount Gambier, South Australia, 1886. Mount Gambier, first seen by European settlers in 1800, is thought to have been the first geographical feature in South Australia to be identified

Tarpan, 1830. Artist: William Home Lizars
Tarpan, 1830. The Tarpan was a small European wild horse, dun-coloured with a dark mane and tail. Small herds survived in remote parts of central Europe, but became extinct in the early 20th century

Bustards, 1835. Top: male Little Bustard. Bottom: Great Bustard (Otis tardis). The Great Bustard became extinct in Britain in about 1830 as its habitat disappeared

Skeleton of Megatherium, extinct giant ground sloth, 1823. Megatherium was a prehistoric herbivore that lived in South America. This specimen was found in Paraguay in c1796

Woolly mammoth (Mammuthus), 1892. An extinct genus of elephant from the Pleistocene epoch (2, 500, 000 to 10, 000 years ago) found in fossil deposits and in northern Europe as 30

Woolly mammoth (Mammuthus) skeleton, 1830. An extinct genus of elephant from the Pleistocene epoch (2, 500, 000 to 10, 000 years ago) found in fossil deposits and in northern Europe as 30

Reconstruction of the Irish elk (Megaloceros), c1880. Megaloceros is an extinct genus of the Pleistocene epoch (2, 500, 000 to 10, 000 years ago) found as fossils in Asia and Europe

Pottery vessel of Ancient breed of Mexican dog, Colima Culture, Mexico, 300-900. The Thecichi is a hairless and barkless dog fattened for eating and regarded as a delicacy today it is almost extinct

Fossil tooth of a mastodon, Mammut Amercanum

Labyrinthodontier fossil, of the amphibian Actenodon Latirostris, from the lower Permian

Fossil of Cybium Speciosum, an early relative of the mackerl, from the British Museums collection

Fossil of Acantonemus Subaureus, an extinct fish, from the British Museums collection

Fossil skeleton of a Pteradactyl, from the British Museums collection

Australian Aboriginal bark-painting of a Dugong from Arnheim-Land

La Scaux cave painting of Aurochs
A paleolithic cave painting from La Scaux of Aurochs, an extinct breed of cattle

Fossil Fish
An Acanthonemus Subaureus (Blainville). A rare extinct form, related to the Cavallas and Pampanos. From the tertiary strata

Archaeopteryx - the first bird, 1886. Artists reconstruction of an archaeopteryx, which made its appearance about 170 million years ago, based on fossil records

Tarpan, 1884. The tarpan was a breed of small prehistoric wild horses which died out in the late 1800s. A modern genetic creation was made in the 1930s using breeds of pony with Tarpan ancestry

Tarpan, 1850. The tarpan was a breed of small prehistoric wild horses which died out in the late 1800s. A modern genetic creation was made in the 1930s using breeds of pony with Tarpan ancestry

Herd of Tarpan, 1893
Herd of tarpan, 1893. The tarpan was a breed of small prehistoric wild horses which died out in the late 1800s. A modern genetic creation was made in the 1930s using breeds of pony with Tarpan

Dodo, 1884
Dodo, c1804. The dodo (Raphus cucullatus, formerly Didus ineptus), an extinct flightless bird from Mauritius. First observed by Portuguese sailors in about 1507

Dodo, c1804. The dodo (Raphus cucullatus, formerly Didus ineptus), an extinct flightless bird from Mauritius. First observed by Portuguese sailors in about 1507

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