James Rowland Ward (1848–1912) was a British taxidermist and founder of the firm Rowland Ward Limited of Piccadilly, London. The company specialized in and was renowned for its taxidermy work on birds and big-game trophies, but it did other types of work as well. In creating many practical items from antlers, feathers, feet, skins, and tusks, the Rowland Ward company made fashionable items from animal parts, such as zebra-hoof inkwells, antler furniture, and elephant-feet umbrella stands.

Rowland Ward was also a well-known publisher of natural history books and big-game hunting narratives. The most famous and enduring Rowland Ward Ltd. product is the Records of Big Game series of books, which started in 1892 and is now in its twenty-ninth edition (2014). These books contain measurements of game animals from all over the world and is the oldest such series of books in existence.

Animal	SCI		Rowland Ward
	MIN	ARCHERY	MIN	RECORD
Blesbuck	40	35	16 1/2	20 5/8
Bontebok	37	32	14	16 3/4
Buffalo	101	90	42	64
Bushbuck	31	29	15	20 1/4
Bushpig	12	9	5 1/2	11 7/8
Damara Dik Dik	7	6	2 3/8	4 1/8
Duiker – Blue	4.25	3.5625	1 3/4	2 7/8
Duiker – Common	11	9	4 1/2	7 1/8
Duiker – Red	8	7.375	2 1/2	4 1/4
Eland – Cape	77	69	35	46 5/8
Elephant (LBS)	90	60	80	226
Gemsbok	81	72	40	49 1/2
Grey Rhebuck	16	14	7 7/8	11 7/8
Grysbok – Cape	5	4	3	5 1/4
Grysbok – Sharpes	5	4	1 3/8	4 1/8
Hartebeest – Cape	62	53	23	29 1/2
Hippo	50	45	29 7/8	64 1/2
Impala	52	46	23 5/8	31 7/8
Klipspringer	10	9	4 1/8	6 3/8
Kudu	121	108	53 7/8	73 7/8
Lechwe – Red	58	52	26	35
Lechwe – Kafue	68	61	29 7/8	37
Leopard	14	12	15 3/8	19
Lion	23	22.5	24	28 3/4
Nyala	63	56	27	32 3/4
Oribi	13	11.5	5 7/8	7 1/2
Reedbuck	21	18	14	18 3/8
Reedbuck – Mtn	11	9	6 7/8	10
Rhino – White	70	63	28	62 1/4
Roan	67	59	27	39
Sable	96	86	41 7/8	55 3/8
Sitatunga	60	56	27 1/8	32 1/2
Springbok	30	27	14	19 1/4
Steenbok	8	7.1875	4 1/2	7 1/2
Suni	9	8	3	5 1/4
Tsessebe	40	36	15	18 1/2
Warthog	29	26	13	24
Waterbuck	67	60	28	39 1/4
Wildebeest – Black	72	63	22 7/8	29 3/8
Wildebeest – Blue	70	54	28 1/2	33 7/8