Mimicry, and Other Protective Resemblances Among Animals

Description

Mimicry, and Other Protective Resemblances Among Animals is a book by British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace. Chapters include: Importance of the Principle of Utility; Popular Theories of Colour in Animals; Importance of Concealment as Influencing Colour; Special Modifications of Colour; Theory of Protective Colouring; Objection that Colour, as being dangerous, should not exist in Nature; Mimicry; Mimicry among Lepidoptera; Lepidoptera mimicking other Insects; Mimicry among Beetles; Beetles mimicking other Insects; Insects mimicking Species of other Orders; Cases of Mimicry among the Vertebrata; Mimicry among Snakes; Mimicry among Birds; Mimicry among Mammals; and more.

This book has 66 pages in the PDF version, and was originally published in 1867.

Production notes: This ebook of Mimicry, and Other Protective Resemblances Among Animals was published by Global Grey in 2019.