hilarious, old pictures of animals

An outdated historical depiction of Dryptosaurus confronting Elasmosaurus, with two Hadrosaurus in the background. By Edward Drinker Cope, 1869

Orangutan /Pithecus satyrus, the Red or Asiatic Orang-outang/ (Jardine 1846)

Murena cętkowana /Gymnothorax favagineus/ (Bloch 1801)

Cyweta /viverra, civet/ (Everard Kick, ok. 1660-1700, BM, SL,5261.138)

Kangur olbrzymi /the Great Kanguroo/ (Shaw 1789)

Sola /Solea lunata et punctata/ (Catesby 1777)

Niedźwiedź malajski /ours malais, Ursus malayanus/ (Lesson 1838)

Megaterium /Great Ground-Sloth of South America, Megatherium americanum/ (Hutchinson 1896)

Almik haitański, 1. ♀ 3 dni po narodzinach, 2. ♀ po porośnięciu futerkiem /Solenodon paradoxus/ (Allen 1910)

Mors /Trichechus, walrus/ (Shaw 1800)