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SEXUAL SELECTION : MAMMALS. 
Part H. 
appearance and disappearance of stripes ; the species of 
Asinus which inhabit the Asiatic continent are destitute 
of stripes, not having even the cross shoulder-stripe, 
whilst those which inhabit Africa are conspicuously 
striped, with the partial exception of A. tmniopus, which 
has only the cross shoulder-stripe and generally sonic 
taint bars on the legs ; and this species inhabits the almost 
intermediate region of Upper Egypt and Abyssinia . 43 
Quadrumana . — Before we conclude, it will be advis' 
able to add a few remarks to those already given on the 
l ifi. 70. Head of Senmopfflwens rubkmndus. This and the fottowi, a figures (fr 0 "* 
i’rof. Gervais) are given to shew the odd arrangement ami development of the hair on 
the head. 
* 3 ‘Proc. Zool. Soc.’ 1862, p. 164. See, also, Dr. Hartmann, ‘ A»°- 
cl. Landw.’ Bd. xliii. s. 222. 
