Archive image from page 553 of The descent of man . The descent of man : and selection in relation to sex descentofmanseledarw Year: 1874 540 THE DESCENT OF MAN. 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 distinguished by color, even by the dealers in wild beasts. Mr. Wallace believes that the striped coat of 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
Archive image from page 553 of The descent of man . The descent of man : and selection in relation to sex descentofmanseledarw Year: 1874 540 THE DESCENT OF MAN. 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 distinguished by color, even by the dealers in wild beasts. Mr. Wallace believes that the striped coat of 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 Pig. 71. Damalis pygarg-a, male (from the Knowsley Menagerie). slight evidence that his beauty may be due to sexual selection, for in two species of Felis the analogous marks and colors 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 describing a herd says, 'their sleek ribs glistened in the sun, and the bright- 'ness and regularity of their striped coats presented a picture of 'extraordinary beauty, in which probably they are not surpassed a' 'Westminster Review,' July 1, 1867, p. 5. 40 'Travels in South Africa,' 1824. vol. ii. p. 315.
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