Guide leaflet

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Identifier: scienceguide1630amer (find matches)
Title: Guide leaflet
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: American Museum of Natural History Natural history
Publisher: New York : The Museum
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: IMLS / LSTA / METRO

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rmediate betweenthe two types. The limbs and feet are also intermediate. Itis probable, therefore, that the Dogs and Raccoons are derivedfrom a common ancestral stock. Specimens found in Europe in-dicate that the Bears are likewise derived from this commonstock, and that the three families have diverged, the Dogs becom-ing terrestrial flesh-eaters, living largely in open country, theBears omnivorous and living in the woods, the Raccoons omniv-orous and arboreal. FOSSIL CARMlORA 21 CaniDjB, or Dogs. The living species of Canidae Wolves, Coyotes, Foxes arefound only in the most recent deposits (Pleistocene). A variety of extinct species is known, sonic of vi ich are th