Biodiversity Heritage Library

This collection contains 29 volumes from 28 titles, containing 11201 pages.

1. American bisons, living and extinct

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   By: Allen, J. A. (Joel Asaph),
   Publication info: 1876
   Volume: v.4 no.10 (1876)
   Holding Institution: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library
   BHL Collections: Extinct Species | Unearthed! Smithsonian Libraries' Paleo Collection
2. Les ancêtres de nos animaux dans les temps géologiques

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   By: Gaudry, Albert,
   Publication info: Paris, J.-B. Baillière et Fils, 1888
   Holding Institution: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library
   BHL Collections: Extinct Species
3. The ancient fauna of Nebraska: a description of remains of extinct mammalia and chelonia, from the Mauvaises Terres of Nebraska

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   By: Leidy, Joseph,
   Publication info: Washington, Smithsonian Institution, 1853
   Holding Institution: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
   BHL Collections: Charles Darwin's Library | Extinct Species | Unearthed! Smithsonian Libraries' Paleo Collection
4. Animals of the past

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   By: Lucas, Frederic A. (Frederic Augustus),
   Publication info: New York, McClure, Phillips & Co, 1901
   Volume: (1901)
   Holding Institution: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library
   BHL Collections: Extinct Species
5. British animals extinct within historic times: with some account of British wild white cattle

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   By: Harting, James Edmund,
   Publication info: Boston, J.R. Osgood and Co, 1880
   Holding Institution: American Museum of Natural History Library
   BHL Collections: Extinct Species
6. Catalogue of the specimens illustrating the osteology of vertebrated animals, recent and extinct, contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England Part III Class Aves

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   By: Sharpe, Richard Bowdler, - Royal College of Surgeons of England.
   Publication info: London, 1891
   Holding Institution: American Museum of Natural History Library
   BHL Collections: Extinct Species
7. De la dégénération et de l'extinction des variétés de végétaux propagés par les greffes, boutures, tubercules, etc., et de la création des variétés nouvelles par les croisemens et les semis

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   By: Puvis, Marc Antoine,
   Publication info: Bourg, Bottier, 1837
   Volume: 1837
   Holding Institution: Natural History Museum Library, London
   BHL Collections: Charles Darwin's Library | Extinct Species
8. Description of the skeleton of an extinct gigantic Sloth, Mylodon robustus, Owen, with observations on ... Megatherioid quadrupeds in general

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   By: Owen, Richard, - Hunterian Museum (Royal College of Surgeons)
   Publication info: London, 1842
   Volume: 1842
   Holding Institution: Natural History Museum Library, London
   BHL Collections: Blog Features | Charles Darwin's Library | Extinct Species
9. The dodo and its kindred; or, The history, affinities, and osteology of the dodo, solitaire, and other extinct birds of the islands Mauritius, Rodriguez and Bourbon

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   By: Strickland, H. E. (Hugh Edwin), - Melville, Alexander Gordon,
   Publication info: London, Reeve, Benham, and Reeve, 1848
   Holding Institution: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
   BHL Collections: Extinct Species | Unearthed! Smithsonian Libraries' Paleo Collection
10. Dodo-studiën. Naar aanleiding van de vondst van een gevelsteen met dodo-beeld van 1561 te Vere

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    By: Oudemans, A. C. (Anthonie Cornelis),
    Publication info: Amsterdam, J. Müller, 1917
    Holding Institution: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
    BHL Collections: Extinct Species
11. Extinct animals

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    By: Lankester, E. Ray (Edwin Ray), Sir,
    Publication info: London A. Constable & co., ltd 1905
    Holding Institution: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
    BHL Collections: Extinct Species | Unearthed! Smithsonian Libraries' Paleo Collection
12. The extinct mammalian fauna of Dakota and Nebraska : Including an account of some allied forms from other localities, together with a synopsis of the mammalian remains of North America

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    By: Leidy, Joseph,
    Publication info: Philadelphia, Published for the Academy, by J.B. Lippincott, 1869
    Holding Institution: University of Toronto - Gerstein Science Information Centre
    BHL Collections: Extinct Species | Unearthed! Smithsonian Libraries' Paleo Collection
13. Extinct monsters : a popular account of some of the larger forms of ancient animal life

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    By: Hutchinson, H. N. (Henry Neville), - Smit, Joseph, - Woodward, Henry,
    Edition: 4th and cheaper ed.
    Publication info: London, Chapman & Hall, 1896
    Holding Institution: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library
    BHL Collections: Blog Features | Curious and Bizarre Creatures | Extinct Species | Monsters Are Real
14. Extinct Pennsylvania animals

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    By: Shoemaker, Henry W.,
    Publication info: [Altoona, Pa, The Altoona Tribune Publishing Co, 1917]-19
    Volume: pt.1 (1917)
    Holding Institution: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
    BHL Collections: Extinct Species
15. Fieldiana Geology

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    By: Chicago Natural History Museum. - Field Museum of Natural History.
    Publication info: [Chicago], Chicago Natural History Museum, 1945-
    Volume: n.s. no.7 (1981)
    Holding Institution: Field Museum of Natural History Library
    BHL Collections: Extinct Species
16. The geographical distribution of animals : with a study of the relations of living and extinct faunas as elucidating the past changes of the earth's surface

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    By: Wallace, Alfred Russel,
    Publication info: London, Macmillan and Co, 1876
    Volume: v.1 (1876)
    Holding Institution: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
    BHL Collections: Charles Darwin's Library | Extinct Species | Unearthed! Smithsonian Libraries' Paleo Collection
17. The geographical distribution of animals : with a study of the relations of living and extinct faunas as elucidating the past changes of the earth's surface

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    By: Wallace, Alfred Russel,
    Publication info: London, Macmillan and Co, 1876
    Volume: v.2 (1876)
    Holding Institution: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
    BHL Collections: Charles Darwin's Library | Extinct Species | Unearthed! Smithsonian Libraries' Paleo Collection
18. An introduction to the study of mammals living and extinct

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    By: Flower, William Henry, - Lydekker, Richard,
    Publication info: London, A. and C. Black, 1891
    Holding Institution: MBLWHOI Library
    BHL Collections: Extinct Species
19. Lost and vanishing birds; being a record of some remarkable extinct species and a plea for some threatened forms

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    By: Dixon, Charles,
    Publication info: London, J. Macqueen, 1898
    Holding Institution: American Museum of Natural History Library
    BHL Collections: Extinct Species
20. Molluscous animals, including shell fish : containing an exposition of their structure, systematical arrangement, physical distribution, and dietetical uses, with a reference to the extinct races

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    By: Fleming, John,
    Publication info: Edinburgh, Black, 1837
    Holding Institution: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
    BHL Collections: Extinct Species
21. On the classification and geographical distribution of the Mammalia, being a lecture on Sir Robert Reade's foundation, delivered before the University of Cambridge ... May 10, 1859. To which is added an appendix "On the gorilla," and "On the extinction and transmutation of species."

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    By: Owen, Richard,
    Publication info: London, J. W. Parker and son, 1859
    Holding Institution: MBLWHOI Library
    BHL Collections: Extinct Species
22. Outlines of comparative physiology touching the structure and development of the races of animals, living and extinct : for the use of schools and colleges

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    By: Agassiz, Louis, - Gould, Augustus A. (Augustus Addison), - Wright, Thomas,
    Publication info: London, Bell & Daldy, 1870
    Holding Institution: MBLWHOI Library
    BHL Collections: Extinct Species
23. Palaeontology, or, A systematic summary of extinct animals and their geological relations

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    By: Owen, Richard,
    Publication info: Edinburgh, A. and C. Black, 1860
    Holding Institution: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library
    BHL Collections: Blog Features | Charles Darwin's Library | Extinct Species | Fossil Stories | Unearthed! Smithsonian Libraries' Paleo Collection
24. The passenger pigeon in Pennsylvania, its remarkable history, habits and extinction, with interesting side lights on the folk and forest lore of the Alleghenian region of the old Keystone state

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    By: French, John C. (John Churchill)
    Publication info: Altoona, Pa, Altoona tribune company, 1919
    Holding Institution: American Museum of Natural History Library
    BHL Collections: Extinct Species
25. Principles of zoölogy : touching the structure, development, distribution, and natural arrangement of the races of animals, living and extinct, with numerous illustrations : part I, Comparative physiology, for the use of schools and colleges

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    By: Agassiz, Louis, - Gould, Augustus A. (Augustus Addison),
    Edition: Revised edition.
    Publication info: Boston, Gould and Lincoln, 1851
    Volume: [1851 printing]
    Holding Institution: MBLWHOI Library
    BHL Collections: Blog Features | Extinct Species
26. Proboscidea : a monograph of the discovery, evolution, migration and extinction of the mastodonts and elephants of the world

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    By: Osborn, Henry Fairfield, - Percy, Mabel Rice.
    Publication info: New York, Published on the J. Pierpont Morgan Fund by the trustees of the American Museum of Natural History, 1936-1942
    Volume: v.1
    Holding Institution: American Museum of Natural History Library
    BHL Collections: Extinct Species
27. Proboscidea : a monograph of the discovery, evolution, migration and extinction of the mastodonts and elephants of the world

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    By: Osborn, Henry Fairfield, - Percy, Mabel Rice.
    Publication info: New York, Published on the J. Pierpont Morgan Fund by the trustees of the American Museum of Natural History, 1936-1942
    Volume: v.2
    Holding Institution: American Museum of Natural History Library
    BHL Collections: Extinct Species
28. Über das Aussterben der Thierarten in physiologischer und nicht physiologischer Hinsicht überhaupt u. s. w

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    By: Baer, Karl Ernst von,
    Publication info: [St. Petersbourg, s.n.], 2/14 October 1863
    Holding Institution: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
    BHL Collections: Extinct Species
29. Wild oxen, sheep & goats of all lands, living and extinct

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    By: Lydekker, Richard,
    Publication info: London, R. Ward, 1898
    Holding Institution: American Museum of Natural History Library
    BHL Collections: Extinct Species