Mammals

Examples

• All the Cainozoic mammals were doing this one thing in common under the urgency of a common necessity; they were all growing brain. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• We may infer from the frozen mammals and nature of the mountain vegetation, that Siberia was similarly affected. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Before we proceed to any description of these mammals, it may be well to note in general terms what a mammal is. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Hair was evidently the earliest distinction of the mammals from the rest of the reptiles. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• With mammals, for instance, the form of the skull is often much altered with age, of which Dr. Murie has given some striking instances with seals. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Among mammals, we see it strikingly displayed in Bats, and in a lesser degree in the Felidae and Canidae. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Professor Owen has subsequently extended the same generalisation to the mammals of the Old World. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Certainly either mammals, or the ancestors of the mammals, must have lived throughout the Mesozoic period. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Were there mammals in the Mesozoic period? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Why, it may be asked, has the supposed creative force produced bats and no other mammals on remote islands? Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The Age of Mammals culminated in ice and hardship and man. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He would have many of the larger birds and smaller mammals, which he could easily secure by throwing stones and sticks, or by setting simple snares. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In the forests and following the grass over the Eocene plains there appeared for the first time a variety and abundance of mammals. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Although terrestrial mammals do not occur on oceanic islands, aerial mammals do occur on almost every island. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Some reptiles, some vipers for example, are viviparous, but none stand by their young as the real mammals do. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Mr. Clift many years ago showed that the fossil mammals from the Australian caves were closely allied to the living marsupials of that continent. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Mammals offer another and similar case. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Hair is perhaps the clue to the salvation of the early mammals. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In the Australian mammals, we see the process of diversification in an early and incomplete stage of development. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.

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