VOLUTION OF ANIMALS 36 Fig. 21 is the picture of a living Tiger, and Figs. 22 and 23 are the pictures of two very differently marked Tiger skins. It will be noted that on all three there are some spots which have not coalesced into stripes. A glance at the spots of the living Cheetah and of the… … Fig. 21. — Picture of a living Tiger, from a photograph by Ottomar Anechtitz. very little change will make the spots closer, and a further change will first amalgamate them into beady strings 1 and then turn them into bands, as we have seen occur in the Ocelots ; only in the Tiger and certain Cats…
Evolution · Heredity · Animals -- Color
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