MARKINGS OF ANIMALS 
the mimicry at it practised by these creatures is most 
wonderful. Now with regard to coloured natives of all 
nations in their wild haunts, they can move about in forest 
or jungle without being seen by a European, whose eyes 
are not trained for that purpose, the colour of their skins 
being a disguise for self-defence. 
The young of the tiger is striped like the adult, but of 
course less distinctly. The young leopard also resembles 
the adult in its markings. The spots, stripes, or markings 
are always present in the young of those species of the 
genus Felis both large and small that are so marked in 
the adult state. 
As far as my knowledge extends, the young of all other 
animals (except the domestic cat) exhibits traces of spots 
or other markings, although they disappear in the adult 
animals. 
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