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Studies in the evolution of animals (1895)

Bonavia, E. (Emanuel), 1826?-1908, author · Westminster : Archibald Constable · leaf 81

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SPOTTED AND STRIPED MAMMALS 43 Then in Fig. 27 we have a striking series of transitions in the smaller Cats from spots to stripes. Some specimens show only spots on the flanks ; others, spots coalesced into wavy or beady stripes ; and others show more finished stripes, like those of Fig. 28. In the… … We have a sort of °"eneral- I'lG. 28. Stiiped Cat, fiom a photograph by ^ Messrs. Dixon and Son. Near the root of the tail ised marking, combining a it has a few rosettes. little of each of the special features of distinct races of animals, the black band along the spine in some animals being…

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