Mammal

Illustration of Red deer buck with antlers and mane

Spotted hyena Crocuta crocuta with leg bone of giraffe

African elephant head with trunk raised.  (See also “Trunk cross section with African Elephant” for the accompanying illustration.) Illustration from “30 Animals that made us smarter” by Patrick Ayree (BBC Books).

Short tail or Field vole Microtus agrestis with grasses behind

North Devon, or Red Devon Cow Bos taurus

Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus crouched ready for escape, in profile, cut to white

Mole Talpa europaea portrait in profile cut to white

Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi male in profile showing its tusks and rich brown fur

Otter Lutra lutra eating a brown trout, fur wet, in profile, cut to white

Harvest mouse Micromys minutus clinging to a golden sheaf of corn and twisting its tail round a stalk

Eastern Grey or Grey squirrel Sciurus carolinensis nibbling a nut in profile, cut to white

Polecat Mustela putorius in profile cut to white showing luxuriant fur

Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus crouched ready for escape, in profile, cut to white

Rothschild’s giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi cut to white in profile looking a touch snooty

Sea otter Enhydra lutris floating in the sea on its back, holding a clam and favoured stone, and peering at the viewer

Sika deer Cervus nippon buck showing mae and chestnut pelage with pale spots and large antlers. Cut to white

Stoat Mustela erminea in profile, running along the ground and inquisitively sniffing the air in frotn of it. Cut to whtie

Mole Talpa europaea portrait in profile cut to white

Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi male in profile showing its tusks and rich brown fur

Oriental small clawed otter Aonyx cinerea standing erect and clasping onto a half eaten fish

Harvest mouse Micromys minutus clinging to a golden sheaf of corn and twisting its tail round a stalk

Indian Hog deer Hyelaphus porcinus cut to white showing a fine set of antlers and dark legs with chestnut fur

Pen and ink portrait of the head of a leopard Panthera pardus regarding the viewer with an unblinking steely stare

Pen and ink portrait of the head of a leopard Panthera pardus regarding the viewer with an unblinking steely stare