. Animal activities : a first book in zoölogy. Zoology; Animal behavior. 3 • 3 3 3 Fig. 197.—Feet of Ancestors of Horse. The figures indicate the num- bers of the digits in the five-fingered hand of most mammals. five-toed animals about the size of foxes. America when discovered had no living horses, yet wild horses are now found in Central and South America. These wild horses are in part the descendants of domestic animals brought to this continent by man; but some are also, doubtless, descendants of animals like those whose remains are found in American rocks. Among the fossil forms, too, we
. Animal activities : a first book in zoölogy. Zoology; Animal behavior. 3 • 3 3 3 Fig. 197.—Feet of Ancestors of Horse. The figures indicate the num- bers of the digits in the five-fingered hand of most mammals. five-toed animals about the size of foxes. America when discovered had no living horses, yet wild horses are now found in Central and South America. These wild horses are in part the descendants of domestic animals brought to this continent by man; but some are also, doubtless, descendants of animals like those whose remains are found in American rocks. Among the fossil forms, too, we find the remains of many animals having characteristics shared by widely differing groups of animals of the present da}'. Such animals are supposed to be the ancestors of the differ-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original French, Nathaniel S. (Nathaniel Stowers), 1854-. New York ; London : Longmans, Green, and Co.
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