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GILBERT WHITE I . PROTECTIVE ADAPTATIONS IN PORCUPINES THE
Common Porcupine ( Hystrix cristata ) is the well - known possessor of a set of
large quili - like spines , which form a prickly protective armour covering the
animal ' s ...
GILBERT WHITE I . PROTECTIVE ADAPTATIONS IN PORCUPINES THE
Common Porcupine ( Hystrix cristata ) is the well - known possessor of a set of
large quili - like spines , which form a prickly protective armour covering the
animal ' s ...
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Case and stipule ' , he writes , ' are the same shape and size ; they are attached
to the plant in the same way and incline from it to the same degree ; their colour
too is absolutely identical owing to both being covered in the same brown hairs .
Case and stipule ' , he writes , ' are the same shape and size ; they are attached
to the plant in the same way and incline from it to the same degree ; their colour
too is absolutely identical owing to both being covered in the same brown hairs .
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And when , as usually happens , the outside has been covered by the spider with
leaf fragments , moss , lichen , or other local materials , the site of the closed
doorway is almost undiscoverable . CONSPICUOUS LOCALIZED
CHARACTERS 4 ...
And when , as usually happens , the outside has been covered by the spider with
leaf fragments , moss , lichen , or other local materials , the site of the closed
doorway is almost undiscoverable . CONSPICUOUS LOCALIZED
CHARACTERS 4 ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Adaptive Coloration in Animals |
| Author | Hugh Bamford Cott |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Methuen, 1957 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 mai 2006 |
| Length | 508 pages |
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