General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . orders, the main sub-divisions of these, known as families, andvarious interesting peculiarities of habits andstructure. Each family is, so far as possible,represented by a mounted specimen and askeleton. Starting from the further end and Ci9] ~ •walking around the room from left to right,one passes from the egg-laving Platypus toman, represented bv the figure of an Aus-tralian native, armed with the characteristicboomerang. Certain exhibits demonstratemodifications of form and structure for vari-ous modes of loc
General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . orders, the main sub-divisions of these, known as families, andvarious interesting peculiarities of habits andstructure. Each family is, so far as possible,represented by a mounted specimen and askeleton. Starting from the further end and Ci9] ~ •walking around the room from left to right,one passes from the egg-laving Platypus toman, represented bv the figure of an Aus-tralian native, armed with the characteristicboomerang. Certain exhibits demonstratemodifications of form and structure for vari-ous modes of locomotion, and superiority ofthe brain of mammals over that of othervertebrates. Others show illustrations of al-binism and melanism; that animals outwardlysimilar may be only very distantly related;how the coat of the hare changes from brownto white; and the adaptations of plants andanimals to a desert habitat. {Below) A toy-size antelope. Swaynes dik-dik,which is a close relative of the Giant Eland, weigh-ing 1200 pounds: one of many interesting exhibitsin the Synoptic Hall.
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