MAMMALS WITH CONTRASTED COLOURS 



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the hair there is short, and of a different colour from my fleece-^- 

 that is either white, brown, or black. My relative the Wolf, who 

 in former days was my enemy, is now my friend and caretaker. He 



FIG. 72. A Spotted Deer, frorn a photograph, C. R. 1393., 



too in his "fleece" shows distinct evidence of our common 

 ancestor's carapace.' 



If we turn to the White-backed Skunk, a good picture of which 

 is given in the Royal Natural History, vol. ii. p; 76, we find 



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