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Title: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex
Identifier: ajp4619.0001.001.umich.edu
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
Subjects: Evolution; Natural selection; Heredity; Human beings
Publisher: London, J. Murray
Contributing Library: University of Michigan
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Chap. XVIII. Mammals—Spots 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 distinguished by colour, even by, the dealers in wild beasts. Mr. Wallace believes39 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 slight evidence that his beauty may be due to sexual
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Fig. 71. Damalis pygarga, male (from the Knowsley Menagerie). selection, for in two species of Fells the analogous 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. Burchell40 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 30 'Travels in South Africa,' 1824, 1867, p. 5. vol. ii. p. 315. ' 2 N

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