The American Naturalist, 12. köideEssex Institute, 1878 |
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... length from the tip of its nose to the end of its tail , of a reddish color , and weighing three to three and a - half pounds . The males are larger than the females . The tail is short and almost hidden by the long hairs surrounding it ...
... length from the tip of its nose to the end of its tail , of a reddish color , and weighing three to three and a - half pounds . The males are larger than the females . The tail is short and almost hidden by the long hairs surrounding it ...
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... length . They do not hibernate , but keep their burrows open all winter ; beaten trails in the snow are often seen , leading above ground for a few feet , from one hole to another . They are able to gather their food at any time of the ...
... length . They do not hibernate , but keep their burrows open all winter ; beaten trails in the snow are often seen , leading above ground for a few feet , from one hole to another . They are able to gather their food at any time of the ...
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... length ; Oudemans , Notices respecting certain Boleti . Many critical notes by the editors conclude the number . No. 41 , Rostafinski and Woronin , On Botrydium granulatum ( continued in No. 42 ) . No. 42 , Dr. Karl Goebel , History of ...
... length ; Oudemans , Notices respecting certain Boleti . Many critical notes by the editors conclude the number . No. 41 , Rostafinski and Woronin , On Botrydium granulatum ( continued in No. 42 ) . No. 42 , Dr. Karl Goebel , History of ...
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... length . The post was a new one and had not been used the year previous . A number of sim- ilar observations will be found in Darwin's work on barnacles.— A. S. Packard , Fr. ANTHROPOLOGY . THE ARCHEOLOGY OF THE PACIFIC COAST . — The ...
... length . The post was a new one and had not been used the year previous . A number of sim- ilar observations will be found in Darwin's work on barnacles.— A. S. Packard , Fr. ANTHROPOLOGY . THE ARCHEOLOGY OF THE PACIFIC COAST . — The ...
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... length the origin of The learned author takes issue with both Haeckel and Quatrefages , and , while advocating evolution , maintains that the former has erred quite as far in knowing too much as the latter has in his " Je ne sais pas ...
... length the origin of The learned author takes issue with both Haeckel and Quatrefages , and , while advocating evolution , maintains that the former has erred quite as far in knowing too much as the latter has in his " Je ne sais pas ...
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