Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.
    

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Four rabbits, a hedgehog (?) and two foxes. Cut-out engraving pasted onto paper, 16--?.

A wolf and a lamb. Cut-out engravings pasted onto paper, 16--?.

The Zoological Museum ... : Mr. Seaman, (as manager for a society of gentlemen, to whom this collection belongs) begs to inform the ladies and gentlemen of this town, that he has just arrived with that extensive and valuable Museum, containing many thousands of natural curiosities ...

Two foxes and a lion. Cut-out engravings pasted onto paper, 16--?.

Heads of leopards, lions, and a sheep. Drawing, c. 1789.

Microscopy: fresh water floscularia ornata. Coloured lithograph by L. Aldous.

Orange cat

A theatre stage with characters standing in a fairytale woodland

The maintenance of a strain of Trypanosoma simiae in rabbits : the effect of splenectomy on the course of infection / by R.S. Desowitz and H.J.C. Watson.

Le jeu des 36 bêtes / André Demaison ; dessins de Jacques Darcy.

Challenges of informal healthcare / BLOT! ; illustration: Animal.

Interpretation of a bone-setter / BLOT! ; illustration: Animal.

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Challenges of informal healthcare / BLOT! ; illustration: Animal.

Interpretation of a bone-setter / BLOT! ; illustration: Animal.