40 STUDIES IN THE EVOLUTION OF ANIMALS 



Fig. 25 shows various degrees of transformation of spots into 

 stripes and blotches on the legs of certain carnivora. On the 

 other hand, we should not forget to note that on the legs of striped 



FIG. 25. a and b, fore- and hind-feet of a tiger ; c and d, fore-feet of two different 

 leopards ; e and/, fore-feet of two different lynxes. From Coloration of Animals and Plants, 

 by Alfred Tylor. 



animals sometimes all markings disappear. In the window of a 

 furrier I have seen a young tiger with plentiful stripes on its hind- 

 quarters and almost none on its shoulders and fore-legs ; and we 

 know also that the Ouagga (Fig. 54) is plentifully striped on its 

 front parts and has no stripes at all on its haunches and hind-legs. 



