Volume 1

A picture book of evolution / by Dennis Hird.

  • Dennis Hird
Date:
1906-1907
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A picture book of evolution / by Dennis Hird. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    T59 thumb, which diverges widely from the other fingers ; and the great toe diverges so much as to be directed backwards. (Fig. 146.) The upper form in Fig. 147 is the loris awake, and the bottom one is the creature asleep. This species is confined to India and Ceylon. Judging from this picture, sleeping in trees is not the highest form of luxury. The aye-aye, again, is from Madagascar. It is a most remarkable animal, and you should study it well (Fig. 148). As you look at it you are reminded Fig. 146.—The Slow Loris. of a squirrel. You note its long, bushy tail, and the great length of its hind limbs ; there is one pair of abdominal teats in the female ; the third finger is singular, being much longer than the others and very thin ; the thumb and the big toe have flat nails ; all the other digits have claws. This animal is one of those which are the despair of the people who wish to make a cut-and-dried arrangement of all the world, for it offers links to so many different animals.
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