Tail Collection

Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris), two curled up asleep in drey inside nest box. Nest of lichen and Pine needles. Highlands, Scotland, UK. Medium repro only

Polish poster for a film, The Warsaw Mermaid, directed by Tadeusz Makarczynski, based on a local legend. 1956

Brown Roan Italian Spinone puppy, Riley, 13 weeks, chewing his tail

Dormouse
ME-36 Common / Hazel DORMOUSE - hanging from branch amongst leaves European Muscardinus avellanarius Johan De Meester Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

A Swallow in flight
A swallow (Hirundo rustica) in flight. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

A Common Pheasant alarmed
A Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) flies up in alarm. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

A Green Tree Python in Cairns, Far North Queensland, Australia
The green tree python is a species of python found in New Guinea, islands in Indonesia, and Cape York Peninsula in Australia

Monkey puzzle tree, Araucaria araucana. Endangered
Monkey puzzle tree, Araucaria araucana (Araucaria imbricata). Endangered. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

A Goldendoodle with snow on its nose

Snow Leopard - Endangered Species, walking through the snow, tail up, with shadow, 4Mr345
TOM-796 Snow Leopard - Endangered Species, walking through the snow, tail up, with shadow Panthera uncia Tom & Pat Leeson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Cheshire Cat / Tree
CHESHIRE CAT " I growl when I m pleased, and wag my tail when I m angry"

Dunnock - perched on a bramble
DAC-10 Dunnock - perched on a bramble Prunella modularis David Chapman Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Hush-A-Bye, Baby by Lawson Wood
A colour illustration by artist Lawson Wood showing a monkey using her tail to rock her baby to sleep

Resplendent Quetzal - male Cierro La Muerte, Costa Rica
MAR-380 Resplendent Quetzal - male Cierro La Muerte, Costa Rica Pharomachrus mocinno Thomas Marent Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

A Great Pyrenees lying in a field of wild Poppy flowers at Antelope Valley California
A Great Pyrenees lying in a field of wild Poppy flowers at Antelope Valley, California

Picture No. 10889141
Monkey Puzzle Tree / Monkey Tail Tree / Araucaria - Valdivian temperate rainforest consisting mainly of Southern Beeches and some Monkey Puzzle Trees (Araucaria araucana) Date:

Hale-Bopp comet
Hale-Bopp. Artwork of the comet Hale-Bopp above an ocean shore. Hale-Bopp was one of the brightest comets of the 20th century, and was seen for much of early 1997. A comet is a lump of ice and rock

Quaker / Monk Parakeet - Preening South America
CLA-440 Monk Parakeet / Quaker Parrot - preening Myiopsitta monachus Mary Clay Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Blue whale - tail flukes Photographed in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico
FG-dt-60 Blue whale - tail flukes Photographed in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico Balaenoptera musculus Francois Gohier Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Humpback whale - at sunset Southeast Alaska
FG-DN-201 Humpback Whale - tail at sunset Alaska, USA Megaptera Novaengliae Francois Gohier Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Halleys Comet as it appeared in 1910
The course of Halleys Comet across the night sky through April and May, 1910. The next predicted perihelion of Halleys Comet is 28 July 2061 Date: 1910

Scottish wildcat (wildcat) (Felis silvestris), Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Halleys comet, 19th Century artwork. 1835 woodcut print depicting the 1835 appearance of Halleys comet. Halleys Comet is the only naked-eye comet certain to return within a human lifetime

Neophema pulchella, turquoise parrot
Watercolour 132 by Thomas Watling from the Watling Collection titled Turcosine Parrot

Ring-tailed Lemur - with tail wrapped around body
DOW-479 Ring-tailed Lemur - with tail wrapped around body Lemur catta Steve Downer Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

British Mark IV tank with Tadpole Tail, WW1
British Mark IV tank with Tadpole Tail, introduced in 1917 and used during the latter part of the First World War. The Tadpole Tail was an elongation of the rear horns to increase trench-crossing

Red squirrel on a branch
Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) on a branch. Photographed in the Cairngorms National Park, Scottish Highlands, in June

Yellow mongoose (Cynictis penicillata) Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, Africa

Resplendent Quetzal - male Cierro La Muerte, Costa Rica
MAR-378 Resplendent Quetzal - male Cierro La Muerte, Costa Rica Pharomachrus mocinno Thomas Marent Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Capercaillie male & Hen Displaying On Lek in old Caledonian pine forest. Scotland UK
CK-4239 Capercaillie - male & hen displaying on Lek in old Caledonian pine forest. Scotland UK Tetrao urogallus Chris Knights Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Tiger Barb Fish
LA-1325 Sumatra / Tiger BARB Fish Distribution: Sumatra and Borneo Puntius tetrazona Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Graf Zeppelin airship in flight
The German Graf Zeppelin airship in flight, viewed from directly below

An Italian Greyhound standing in the white sands and ice plant of Carmel Beach California
An Italian Greyhound standing in the white sands and ice plant of Carmel Beach, California

Three Dachshunds / Doxens together on a wooden bench outside
Three Dachshunds together on a wooden bench outside

Two Great Pyrenees sitting together at a park in Laguna Beach California
Two Great Pyrenees sitting together at a park in Laguna Beach, California

Portrait of a Black Labrador Retriever sitting by some yellow flowers

AUDUBON: VOLE. Eastern meadow vole, or meadow mouse (Microtus pennsylvanicus pennsylvanicus)
AUDUBON: VOLE. Eastern meadow vole, or meadow mouse (Microtus pennsylvanicus pennsylvanicus, formerly Arvicola pennsylvanica)

Picture No. 10865604
Red / Lesser PANDA / Red cat-bear - in tree (Ailurus fulgens) Date:

Axolotl, artwork
Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum), artwork. This aquatic freshwater amphibian is a neotonic (larva-like) salamander. The larval form fails to undergo metamorphosis

Snow Leopard (Uncia uncia) in the snow, in captivity, near Bozeman, Montana, United States of America, North America

More Rugger Trials
Cartoon, More Rugger Trials. Good head and tail work and clever footwork in the scrum. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evan"

Chesterfield Church
The spire of Chesterfield Church, Derbyshire. The Devil wound his tail around the spire, but the incense from a Mass service made him sneeze and bent the spire!

Halleys Comet, 1910
Halleys Comet. Halleys Comet orbits the Sun every 76 years. This periodicity was discovered by Edmund Halley (1654-1742), after whom the comet is named

Striped Skunk - autumn MN309
TOM-1390 Striped Skunk - autumn Minnesota, North America Mephitus mephitus Tom & Pat Leeson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Scissor-tailed flycatcher South Florida in March
JZ-3156 Scissor-tailed flycatcher South Florida in March. Tyrannus forficatus Jim Zipp Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Long Tailed Tit - in flight
BB-560 Long Tailed Tit - in flight, wings outstretched Aegithalos caudatus Brian Bevan Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Chameleon Madagascar
WAT-2494 CHAMELEON - side view showing curled tail Madagascar Calumma parsonii cristifer M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Lancashire Heeler Dog
JD-14318 Lancashire Heeler Dog John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way. contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: 020 8318 1401

Cows - Two together nose to tail
HAR-91 COWS - two heifers together, nose to tail. One young Friesian faces viewer alongside rear end of another in green pasture Dairy farming

Wild Horse - White stallion (named "Cloud" in PBS documentary on wild hores)
TOM-760 Mustang Wild Horse - White stallion (named "Cloud" in PBS documentary on wild hores) Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Refuge, Montana

Large White Pigs – Rear view, showing curly tails
LA-1239 Large White PIGS - rear view, showing curly tails Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Siamese Fighter Fish Red form male Full display
BB-667 Siamese Fighting Fish - Red form male, full display Betta Splendens Distribution: Thailand Brian Bevan Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Domestic Chickens Nagasaki breed
LA-1064 Domestic Chickens - Nagasaki breed Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Men Evening Dress 1893
Three variations of evening dress for 1893-4: dress tail coats with roll collar or step collar & a dress jacket. One man wears a black waistcoat & pumps the others wear white

Portrait of an Irish Setter sitting next to yellow flowers

Ara chloroptera and ara macao, Green-winged and Scarlet Macaws perched on a tree branch

aRDVARK. The Ethiopian aardvark. Wood engraving, 1876

A warthog runs with its tail in the air. Katavi National Park
Tanzania, Katavi National Park. A warthog runs with its tail in the air

Resplendent Quetzal - male Cierro La Muerte, Costa Rica
MAR-379 Resplendent Quetzal - male Cierro La Muerte, Costa Rica Pharomachrus mocinno Thomas Marent Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Black Headed Wooly Monkey In rainforest canopy, Amazonia, Brazil, South America
NG-1034 Black-Headed Woolly Monkey - in rainforest canopy Amazonia Brazil, South America Lagothrix lagotricha cana aka Wooly Monkey Nick Gordon Please note that prints are for personal display

Southern right whale, Hermanus, Western Cape, South Africa

Two Labrador Retrievers standing in a field of poppies at Antelope Valley California
Two Labrador Retrievers standing in a field of poppies at Antelope Valley, California

Baby ground squirrel (Xerus inauris), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, Africa

DOG. Jack russell terrier pulling on border collies tail
JD-22308 DOG. Jack russell terrier pulling on border collies tail John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Red-shouldered Hawk - Adult. Hamden, Connecticut, USA
JZ-1678 Red-Shouldered HAWK - adult, in snow Hamden, Connecticut, USA Buteo lineatus Jim Zipp Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Humanised turkey in the role of a banker
A humanised turkey dressed in a suit, cast in the role of a fat banker, surrounded by bags of money

Three -cusped / Tree / White-bellied Pangolin
KL-9 Three -cusped / Tree / White-bellied Pangolin Manis tricuspis Keith & Liz Laidler Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Harvest mice - on teasel using tail to cimb Bedfordshire UK
BB-1574 Harvest mice - on teasel using tail to cimb Bedfordshire UK Micromys minutus Brian Bevan Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Giant Anteater - carrying young on back Llanos, Venezuela
WAT-8405 Giant Anteater - carrying young on back Llanos, Venezuela Myrmecophaga tridactyla M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Prehensile-tailed Porcupine
KF-11681 Prehensile-tailed / Brazilian PORCUPINE Northern South America Coedou prehensilis Kenneth W Fink Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris), Formby, Liverpool, England, United Kingdom, Europe

BURCHELL'S / PLAINS / COMMON ZEBRA - close-up of rear
PM-2082 BURCHELL'S / PLAINS / COMMON ZEBRA - close-up of rear Pat Morris Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Hensons Aerial Steam Carriage
The Aerial Steam Carriage -- side view of the main frame, and plan of the controlling tail. This flying machine was patented by William Samuel Henson (1812-1888) and John Stringfellow (1799-1883)

U. S. A. Alaska, Inside Passage Humpback whale (Megaptera novaengliae)
U.S.A. Alaska, Inside Passage Humpback whale (Megaptera novaengliae)

Okapi - female. In captivity
WAT-16615 Okapi - female. In captivity Copenhague, Denmark okapia johnstoni M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Goldfish

Crawshay's Zebra - bottom. South Luangwa Valley National Park - Zambia - Africa
WAT-9222 Crawshay's Zebra - bottom South Luangwa Valley National Park - Zambia - Africa Equus burchelli crawshayi M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus) peacock displaying feathers, captive, occurs in South Asia

An Italian Greyhound standing in ice plant

MYTHICAL MANTICORE. Woodcut from Edward Topsells The History of Four-Footed Beasts, London, 1607

Albino Monacled Cobra, Naja kaouthia, coiled and ready to strike with its hood extended. India, Asia. Captive situation

Black and white illustration of two shark tail fins, single-keeled tail of Mako shark (Isurus sp)
Black and white illustration of two shark tail fins, single-keeled tail of Mako shark (Isurus sp.), and double-keeled tail of Porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus)

Deer anatomy, artwork
Deer anatomy. Computer artwork showing the internal anatomy of a deer (family Cervidae). Anatomical features shown here include the skeleton, lungs, intestines, bladder

White-tailed Deer - buck with tail up to signal to other deer that an intruder is in the woods - Rocky Mountains
TOM-1953 White-tailed Deer - buck with tail up to signal to other deer that an intruder is in the woods Rocky Mountains - Montana - USA Odocoileus virginianus Tom & Pat Leeson Please note that prints

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From delicate nests to playful puppies, the wonders of tails unfold in nature's embrace. 🐿️🌿 Nestled within a cozy drey, two red squirrels find solace, their curled tails providing warmth and comfort amidst a bed of lichen. Meanwhile, Riley, a mischievous 13-week-old Italian Spinone puppy, finds joy in chewing his own tail – an innocent act that brings laughter to all who witness it. In the midst of winter's chill, a majestic Goldendoodle frolics with snowflakes delicately resting on its nose. The contrast between the white snow and its fluffy tail creates a picture-perfect moment frozen in time. A curious dormouse scurries through the underbrush with its bushy tail acting as both balance and camouflage. Startled by sudden danger, a Common Pheasant raises its vibrant plumage high while its elegant tail feathers fan out like an exquisite display of warning. Gracefully soaring through the sky, a swallow showcases agility at its finest as it twists and turns effortlessly with every beat of its wings. Amidst wild Poppy flowers in Antelope Valley California lies a gentle giant - a Great Pyrenees dog basking in the beauty of nature's tapestry. Its magnificent snowy-white coat blends seamlessly with the field while its wagging tail reveals pure contentment. Standing tall against extinction is the monkey puzzle tree - an endangered species that proudly displays branches resembling intricate puzzles pieces reaching towards the heavens. Inhabiting snowy landscapes far away from prying eyes is another endangered marvel -the elusive Snow Leopard gracefully treads through icy terrain; its raised tail leaving behind ethereal shadows on untouched snow. Like something out of wonderland itself stands Cheshire Cat perched upon an enchanting tree branch; only his mischievous grin remains visible as his long striped tail disappears into thin air. From South America comes another colorful character.