Spiny Collection

Sceloporus asper, spiny lizard
Illustration of a spiny lizard from Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1897). This illustration is on display in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

Thistle flower fairy, Carduus nutans.. Handcolored steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville from Les Fleurs Animees, Flower Fairies, Paris

Sea mice, Aphrodita aculeata and Laetmonice hystrix
Sea mouse, Aphrodita aculeata 1 and Laetmonice hystrix 2. Afrodita aculeata, Ermione ispida. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze

Spiny dogfish, blue shark and angel shark
Spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias 12, blue shark, Prionace glauca 13 and angel shark, Squatina squatina 14. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of Natural

Curly palm, Howea belmoreana. Vulnerable. Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London, 1896

European spiny lobster, Palinurus elephas. Aliusta comune. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Carrier crab and dorripd crab
Carrier crab or porter crab, Homola barbata 1, and dorripd crab, Medorippe lanata 2. Omola fronte-spinosa, Dorippe lanosa

Spiny scale worm and scaleworm
Spiny scale worm, Iphione muricata 1, and scaleworm, Lepidonotus clava 2. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Lumpfish, sea snail, and Atlantic spiny lumpsucker
Lumpfish, Cyclopterus lumpus 48, sea snail, Liparis liparis 49, and Atlantic spiny lumpsucker, Eumicrotremus spinosus 51. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia

Snake blenny, lesser spiny eel and wolf fish
Snake blenny, Ophidion barbatum 73, lesser spiny eel, Macrognathus aculeatus 74, wolf fish, Anarhichas lupus 75, and its jaw and teeth 76, 77

Pampas fox or aguarachay, Lycalopex gymnocercus, and spiny rat or casiragua, Proechimys guairae. After Felix de Azaras Voyages dans l Amerique Meridionale

Spiny cockle, Acanthocardia aculeata (Cardium spinosum). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare

Spiny water starwort, Callitriche palustris (Water starwort, Callitriche aquatica). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1800

Spiny restharrow, Ononis spinosa subsp. hircina (Rest harrow, Ononis arvensis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1800

Puffball and earthstar mushrooms
Spiny puffball, Lycoperdon echinatum, earthball, Scleroderma citrinum (Scleroderma vulgare), fringed earthstar, Geaster fimbriatus and Tulostoma fimbriatum (Tulostoma granulosum)

Puffball mushrooms
Fluted birds nest, Cyathus striatus, spiny puffball, Lycoperdon echinatum (Lycoperdon gemmatum), Lycoperdon piriforme, giant pasture puffball, Mycenastrum corium, and paltry puffball

Gulf coast spiny softshell turtle and endangered
Gulf coast spiny softshell turtle, Apalone spinifera, and endangered green turtle, Chelonia mydas. Handcolored engraving by Oudet after an illustration by Oudart from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire

Spiny dye-murex, Bolinus brandaris (Snipe murex, Murex brandaris). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Cineraria, astelma and swan daisy species
Woolly cineraria, Cineraria lanata, purple-leaved, Cineraria cruenta, poplar-leaved, Cineraria populifolia, great astelma, Astelma eximium, spiny triptilion, Triptilion spinosum, large swan daisy

Short-tailed chinchilla (critically endangered)
Short-tailed chinchilla, Chinchilla chinchilla (critically endangered), and Cairo spiny mouse, Acomys cahirinus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon

Six-gilled shark, spiny dogfish, and Don Pedro shark
Six-gilled shark, Hexanchus griseus (near threatened), spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias (vulnerable), and angular roughshark, Oxynotus centrina (vulnerable)

Echidna or spiny anteater, Tachyglossus aculeatus (Echidna setosa). Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by Col

Echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus
Echidna or spiny anteater, Tachyglossus aculeatus (Echidna setosa). Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from William Jardines Naturalists Library

Long-toed spiny rat, Dactylomys dactylinus
Long-toed spinous or spiny rat, Amazon bamboo rat, Dactylomys dactylinus, (Echimys dactylinus? Geoff.) From a specimen in Berlin Museum

Spiny catfish or bacu, Acanthodoras cataphractus (Chestnut-bellied doras, Doras castaneo-ventris). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H

Arachnida spiders: Protocepheus hericius 1, Cepheus latus 2, Cepheus cepheiformis 3, Tereticepheus palmicinctum 4, Phrynichus reniformis 5, Gnolus cordiformis 6, spinybacked orbed weaver

Bivalvia clam shells: Venus clam, Hysteroconcha dione 1-3, spiny cockle, Acanthocardia aculeata 4, 5, heart cockle, Corculum cardissa 6-9, fluted giant clam

Phyllosoma larval stage of a spiny lobster, Palinurus elephas. Phyllosome. Handcoloured steel engraving by du Casse from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Menevilles Dictionnaire Pittoresque d Histoire Naturelle

Spiny tree-rat, Echimys chrysurus 1, and Eurasian red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris 2. Echimys, ecureuil. Handcoloured steel engraving drawn

Spiny naiad, Najas marina. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst, London, 1816

Spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias. Vulnerable
Spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias (Picked shark or dog fish). Vulnerable. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C

Cayenne spiny rat, Proechimys guyannensis (Red echimys or spiny rat of d Azara). Illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Basire from Edward Griffiths The

Spiny jasmine, Lycium europaeum
Le Jasmin epineux de la Chine. Spiny jasmine, Lycium europaeum. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses

Spiny broom, Calicotome spinosa (Spiny calycotome, Calycotome spinosa). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards Botanical Register

Spiny triptilion, Triptilion spinosum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Nevitt after a botanical illustration by Mrs Augusta Withers from Benjamin Maund and the Rev

Shark species
Spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias 1, vulnerable, blue shark, Prionace glauca 2, near threatened, small spotted catshark, Scyliorhinus canicula 3, 5, and zebra shark, Stegostoma fasciatum 4

Spiny restharrow, Ononis spinosa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Squalus acanthias, or Spiny dogfish (adult and young)
Squalus acanthias, or Spiny dogfish, also known as spurdog, mud shark and piked dogfish. Date: 1862

Figurine of a hedgehog. Egypt
Figurine of a hedgehog. Middle Kingdom. 12th Dynasty. 1800 BC. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany

SPINY MICE
Spiny mice. Date: 1960s

Hystrix cristata; Crested Porcupine
Illustration from the Thomas Hardwicke Collection; 1823 Date: 1823

Echinorhinus brucus, or Spinous Shark
Echinorhinus brucus, also known as Spinous Shark Spiny Shark and Bramble Shark. Date: 1862

Spiny puffball, Lycoperdon echinatum, and earthball, Scleroderma verrucosum, edible.. Chromolithograph by C. Krause from Fritz Leubas Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms, Neuchatel, Switzerland, 1890

Coypu or river rat, Myocastor coypus, and Cayenne spiny rat, Proechimys guyannensis.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuviers Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals, Paris

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Desmarests spiny pocket mouse, Heteromys desmarestianus, and muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuviers Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals

Spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias, and catshark, Scyliorhinus canicula.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 1816-1830. Illustration by J.G

Porbeagle, Lamna nasus, and spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias, Scymnus spinosos.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 1816-1830

Porcupinefish, Diodon holocanthus, and pufferfish or globefish, Tetraodon lineatus.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 1816-1830

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