Animal coloration; an account of the principal facts and theories relating to the colours and markings of animals (1892)
Beddard, Frank E. (Frank Evers), 1858-1925 · London, S. Sonnenschein & co.; New York, Macmillan & co. · leaf 109
stive of a lichen-covered branch ; and, considering the 00 ANIMAL COLORATION. sluggishness of the animal, this colour may have a protectivevalue. The colour, however, curiously enough, is purely ad-ventitious, and is the only example of the kind among theMammalia. In captivity the sloth gradually… … Fig. 5.—The Sloth. which, as Mr. Sorby first discovered, are the cause of thepeculiar coloration ; doubtless it is the absence of a clampand warm climate that is fatal to the Algfe, and is the cause,therefore, of what appears to be an actual change in the colourof the hair itself. It would be…
Color of animals
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