Mammals!

There are 3 Subclasses within the class Mammalia:                Prototheria or Monotremes (2 species)                

Metatheria or Marsupials (275 species)               

Eutheria or placental mammals (3982 species)

rodents

bats

shrews

Humans, apes, monkeys, lemurs

carnivores

ungulates

marsupials

Mammal Diversity

Assyrian Lion Hunt reliefs (800-600BC)

Peter Paul Rubens (17th C Flemish) The Lion Hunt

Peter Paul Rubens, (17th C Flemish) The Fox Hunt

Peter Paul Rubens (17th C Flemish) Daniel in the Lion’s Den

Walton Ford(Contemporary American)

(Student work)

Student work (graphite)

Student work (charcoal)

Student work (pen, brush and ink)

Student work (pastel)

Student work: (pastel and ink)

Student work (Prismacolor and ink)

Ok—let’s draw our mammal specimens!