Archive image from page 566 of The descent of man . The descent of man : and selection in relation to sex descentofmansele00indarw Year: 1875 Chap. XVllI. MammalsâSpots and Stripes, 545 The same conclusion may perhaps be extended to the tiger, one of the most beautiful animals in the world, the sexes of which cannot be disthiguislied by colour, even by the dealers m wild beasts Mr Wallace believes'-' that the striped coat ot the tiger - so assimilates with the vertical stems of the bamboo, as to ' assist greatly in concealing him from his approaching prey. But this view does not appear to me
Archive image from page 566 of The descent of man . The descent of man : and selection in relation to sex descentofmansele00indarw Year: 1875 Chap. XVllI. MammalsâSpots and Stripes, 545 The same conclusion may perhaps be extended to the tiger, one of the most beautiful animals in the world, the sexes of which cannot be disthiguislied by colour, even by the dealers m wild beasts Mr Wallace believes'-' that the striped coat ot the tiger - so assimilates with the vertical stems of the bamboo, as to ' assist greatly in concealing him from his approaching prey. But this view does not appear to me satisfactory. We have some slight evidence that his beauty may be due to sexual Fig. 71. Damalis pygarga, male (from the Knowsley Menagerie). selection, for in two species of Felis the analosrous marks and colours are rather brighter in the male than in the female. The zebra is conspicuously striped, and stripes cannot afford any protection on the open plains of South Africa. BurchelP' in de- scribing a herd says, ' their sleek ribs glistened in the sun, and ' the brightness and regularity of their striped coats presented a ' picture of extraordinary beauty, in which probably they are 39 <â Westminster Review,' July 1, ' 'Travels iu South Africa,' 1824, 18G7, p. 5. vol. ii. p. 315.
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