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Species which are not social, such as lions and tigers, no doubt feel sympathy for the suffering of their own young, but not for that of any other animal. [1]

Sentences ending with species

But I believe you haven't chosen the handsomest species. [10]
Man is infested with internal parasites, sometimes causing fatal effects; and is plagued by external parasites, all of which belong to the same genera or families as those infesting other mammals, and in the case of scabies to the same species. [1]
Mr. J. Jenner Weir has lately given me an analogous case with ducks of two species. [1]
In these cases we have feathers symmetrically shaded, like those which give so much elegance to the plumage of many natural species. [1]
Mr. Amos Cuthbert was elected Chairman, not without a gallant and desperate but unsupported fight of a minority led by Mr. Jake Wheeler, whose loyalty must be taken as a tribute to his species. [9]
We know that these qualities are easily affected by changed conditions of life, or by close inter-breeding, and that they are governed by highly complex laws, for instance, that of the unequal fertility of converse crosses between the same two species. [1]
From this condition there is but a very small step to the complete absence of spots in the adults at all seasons; and, lastly, to their absence at all ages and seasons, as occurs with certain species. [1]
The conclusion that the horns have been acquired as ornaments is that which best agrees with the fact of their having been so immensely, yet not fixedly, developed,--as shewn by their extreme variability in the same species, and by their extreme diversity in closely-allied species. [1]
How nobly distinguished that people who shall have planted and nurtured to maturity both the political and moral freedom of their species. [7]
We know, however, that many strange and strongly-marked peculiarities of structure occasionally appear in our domesticated productions, and if their unknown causes were to act more uniformly, they would probably become common to all the individuals of the species. [1]

Short sentences using species

She was a Species. [5]

Sentences containing species two or more times

So again, species within the same large genus by no means resemble each other to the same degree: on the contrary, some of them can generally be arranged in little groups round other species, like satellites round planets. [1]
But many brightly-coloured, white, or otherwise conspicuous species, do not seek concealment; whilst again some equally conspicuous species, as well as other dull-coloured kinds live under stones and in dark recesses. [1]
It is a well-known law that widely-ranging species are much more variable than species with restricted ranges; and the variability of man may with more truth be compared with that of widely- ranging species, than with that of domesticated animals. [1]
In a second species of the same genus a terminal scale forms a minute horn on the summit of the flexible appendage; and in a third species (C. Stoddartii, fig. [1]
But sometimes a single species in a group is rendered sterile, whilst the others are not so; on the other hand, a single species may retain its fertility whilst most of the others fail to breed. [1]
The young of many species of shrikes (Lanius), of some woodpeckers, and of an Indian pigeon (Chalcophaps indicus), are transversely striped on the under surface; and certain allied species or whole genera are similarly marked when adult. [1]
In any district in which a species does not exist in large numbers, great assemblages cannot, of course, be held, and the same species may have different habits in different countries. [1]
But these remarks do not apply to the many recorded instances of tamed or domestic birds, belonging to distinct species, which have become absolutely fascinated with each other, although living with their own species. [1]
Many species of deer, which when mature are not spotted, are whilst young covered with white spots, as are likewise some few species in the adult state. [1]
No doubt both animal and vegetable hybrids, when produced from extremely distinct species, are liable to premature death; but the parents of mulattoes cannot be put under the category of extremely distinct species. [1]

More example sentences with the word species in them

So it is with the whiskers of some species of Macacus (17. [1]
A new species, with a still larger neck-appendage (C. penduliger), has lately been discovered, see 'Ibis,' vol. [1]
In almost the whole large group of thrushes the young have their breasts spotted--a character which is retained throughout life by many species, but is quite lost by others, as by the Turdus migratorius. [1]
In many monkeys, which do not stand high in the order, as baboons and some species of macacus (32. [1]
We know not what produces the numberless slight differences between the individuals of each species, for reversion only carries the problem a few steps backwards, but each peculiarity must have had its efficient cause. [1]
Some species stridulate very loudly, so that when Mr. F. Smith caught a Trox sabulosus, a gamekeeper, who stood by, thought he had caught a mouse; but I failed to discover the proper organs in this beetle. [1]
When I got up to see what had happened, the robin was scattered about under the tree in more than a thousand pieces, no one of which was big enough to enable a naturalist to decide from it to what species it belonged. [4]
Most species, which undergo a double moult, keep their ornamental feathers for about six months. [1]
The species belonging to these distinct genera inhabit the same districts, and are so like each other that no one "but a naturalist would distinguish the harmless from the poisonous kinds. [1]
This remark applies to many individuals of Macacus cynomolgus and Cercocebus radiatus (which is closely allied to M. rhesus), to three species of Cercopithecus and several American monkeys. [1]
We are led to a nearly similar conclusion with respect to the length of the tail in the various species of pheasants. [1]
It was not till long after that I learned with surprise that he is a rodent mammal, of the species Arctomys monax, is called at the West a ground-hog, and is eaten by people of color with great relish. [4]
A boar of this species in the Zoological Gardens recently broke into the cage of the wart-hog. [1]
The fawns of this species are of a uniform pale yellowish-brown. [1]
With some species this may be the case, as with one kind which lives on the green leaves of algae, and is itself bright-green. [1]
With respect to this and the following species I am indebted to Dr. Gunther for information: see also his paper on the 'Fishes of Central America,' in 'Transact. [1]
In this respect they differ remarkably from the tail-feathers of Polyplectron, which in most of the species are ornamented with larger ocelli than those on the tail-coverts. [1]
Assuming, however, that they are of service, they might be thought to be cases of transition; but we have no reason to believe that many species at any one time are undergoing change. [1]
Out of all these inevitable elements the audience is generated,--a great compound vertebrate, as much like fifty others you have seen as any two mammals of the same species are like each other. [6]
I have noticed these cases, as rendering it probable that wild monogamous species might readily become either temporarily or permanently polygamous. [1]
Year by year these accommodations will increase, new roads around the gorges will open more enchanting views, and it is not improbable that the species of American known as the "summer boarder" will have his highest development and apotheosis in these mountains. [4]
Besides this species there are three varieties of wild dogs, the jackal, fox, and fenek, canis cerda. [10]
If he were then told that hundreds of similar specimens could be brought from the same countries, he would assuredly declare that they were as good species as many to which he had been in the habit of affixing specific names. [1]
Our naturalist would then perhaps turn to geographical distribution, and he would probably declare that those forms must be distinct species, which differ not only in appearance, but are fitted for hot, as well as damp or dry countries, and for the Artic regions. [1]
In such cases the young of the different species cannot resemble each other more closely than do the parents; nor can they strikingly resemble allied forms when adult. [1]
Such differences between the upper and lower surfaces of the wings of several species of Papilio may be seen in the beautiful plates to Mr. Wallace's 'Memoir on the Papilionidae of the Malayan Region,' in 'Transactions of the Linnean Society,' vol. [1]
This may be the true explanation, but it is rather strange that the young should not have been thus protected, and still more so that the adults of some species should have retained their spots, either partially or completely, during part of the year. [1]
In one of the species, they equal the whole body in length. [1]
The preservation of the species was a point of such necessity that Nature has secured it at all hazards by immensely overloading the passion, at the risk of perpetual crime and disorder. [6]
With respect to the slight individual differences which are common, in a greater or less degree, to all the members of the same species, we have every reason to believe that they are by far the most important for the work of selection. [1]
The individuals of the same species graduate in intellect from absolute imbecility to high excellence. [1]
The young of the Polish swan, Cygnus immutabilis of Yarrell, are always white; but this species, as Mr. Sclater informs me, is believed to be nothing more than a variety of the domestic swan (Cygnus olor). [1]
When man selects the offspring of two distinct species for the same object, he sometimes induces a considerable amount of convergence, as far as general appearance is concerned. [1]
Individual differences between the members of the same species are admitted by every one to occur under a state of nature. [1]
In some cases the individuals of the same species pass through at least five distinct states of plumage. [1]
The shaking of the high grass told him of the running of animals, what species he could not tell, but from Ring's manifest desire to have a chase they were evidently some kind wilder than rabbits. [13]
The hair on the head grows to a great length in some species of Semnopithecus (6. [1]
As this was the first time I had ever encountered this species of honor, it seems excusable to mention it, and at the same time call the attention of the authorities to the tardiness of my recognition of it. [5]
The variability of the faculties in the individuals of the same species is an important point for us, and some few illustrations will here be given. [1]
See also on the conflicts of this species, Kirby and Spence, ibid. [1]
In Damalis albifrons the colouring of the head differs from that in the last species in a single white stripe replacing the three stripes, and in the ears being almost wholly white. [1]
In many species the chelae are of unequal size on the opposite side of the body, the right-hand one being, as I am informed by Mr. Bate, generally, though not invariably, the largest. [1]
Here, also, were the charred bones of some of these extinct animals and of the young of Man's own species, split lengthwise, showing that to his taste the marrow was a toothsome luxury. [5]
The indentation of the central disc and of the surrounding zones of the ocellus, in both species of peacock, speaks plainly in favour of this view, and is otherwise inexplicable. [1]
With respect to the causes of variability, we are in all cases very ignorant; but we can see that in man as in the lower animals, they stand in some relation to the conditions to which each species has been exposed, during several generations. [1]
In many species the body presents strongly contrasted, though lurid tints, and these become more vivid during the breeding-season. [1]
We thus see that two distinct forms of the same species may co-exist in the same district, and we cannot doubt that if the one had possessed any advantage over the other, it would soon have been multiplied to the exclusion of the latter. [1]
Certain it is that this two thousand millions of dollars, invested in this species of property, all so concentrated that the mind can grasp it at once--this immense pecuniary interest--has its influence upon their minds. [7]
It is incredible that the young of these two species, as well as of some other members of the same family (56. [1]
He further believes that the luminous species profit by being at once recognised as unpalatable. [1]
It is certain that distinct species of birds occasionally pair in a state of nature and produce hybrids. [1]
Hence the lower surface generally affords to entomologists the more useful character for detecting the affinities of the various species. [1]
It has been suggested, that slight differences in these organs would suffice to prevent the intercrossing of well-marked varieties or incipient species, and would thus aid in their development. [1]
Some of these, such as the Negro and European, are so distinct that, if specimens had been brought to a naturalist without any further information, they would undoubtedly have been considered by him as good and true species. [1]
No one who studies, for instance, Audubon's account of the differences in the nests of the same species in the Northern and Southern United States (20. [1]
The gigantic tree, struck with a sort of leprosy, like all its species, appears much older, and of course has its tradition. [4]
This species of stone is so hard that figures cut in it remain sharp and unmarred after exposure to the weather for two or three thousand years. [5]
The hairy and spinose kinds are invariably rejected, as were four conspicuously-coloured species. [1]
In very many species, the beard, whiskers, and crests of hair round the face are of a different colour from the rest of the head, and when different, are always of a lighter tint (45. [1]
For the Australian species, see Gould's 'Handbook,' etc., vol. [1]
In some tropical species the lower surface is even more brilliantly coloured than the upper. [1]
Again, in three species of the Lamellicorn genus Oryctes, we have a nearly parallel case. [1]
Goats and certain species of sheep, for instance the Ovis cycloceros of Afghanistan (22. [1]
Thus the several species of Polyplectron manifestly make a graduated approach to the peacock in the length of their tail-coverts, in the zoning of the ocelli, and in some other characters. [1]
Travels form a species of literary production in which great classics are exceedingly rare. [4]
Certain strictly monogamous species likewise hold nuptial assemblages; this seems to be the case in Scandinavia with one of the ptarmigans, and their leks last from the middle of March to the middle of May. [1]
Thus all the species in the splendid group of the Trogons build in holes; and Mr. Gould gives figures (21. [1]
There are twenty-six species belonging to fifteen genera, which manifestly have their plumage coloured in a protective manner; and this colouring is all the more striking, as with most of these birds it differs from that of their congeners. [1]
As these two species are closely allied, and belong to the order of Insessores, which includes nearly all the singing-birds in the world, it is possible that a progenitor of the sparrow may have been a songster. [1]
We thus get some insight into the colouring of the progenitors of our existing species. [1]
This curious arrangement, so unlike that in most of the lower mammals, is common to the gorilla, chimpanzee, orang, some species of Hylobates, and even to some few American monkeys. [1]
In regions where snow never lies for long, a white coat would be injurious; consequently, species of this colour are extremely rare in the hotter parts of the world. [1]
Other species, when settled on the ground or herbage, now and then suddenly and slightly lift up their wings. [1]
Mr. Chauncey Weed seemed of a species better able to thrive in the atmosphere of pockets. [9]
One likes to see to what a splendor his species can come, even if the brains have all run down into the calves of the legs. [4]
From what we see going on under domestication, we learn that some of the co-descendants of the same species may be not at all, some a little, and some greatly changed, all within the same period. [1]
There we may see faces which you would shudder to look on, but others, too, which merely to see is enough to make us regard the degenerate species to which we belong with renewed respect. [10]
I may here remind the reader that the sterility of species when crossed is not a specially-acquired quality, but, like the incapacity of certain trees to be grafted together, is incidental on other acquired differences. [1]
In each great region of the world the living mammals are closely related to the extinct species of the same region. [1]
Some species of Reduvidae make a stridulating noise; and, in the case of Pirates stridulus, this is said (22. [1]
This similarity, or rather identity, is striking, when contrasted with the different expressions and cries made by distinct species of monkeys. [1]
Unfortunately this can rarely be done: for the larger genera generally include closely- allied forms, which can be distinguished only with much difficulty, whilst the smaller genera within the same family include forms that are perfectly distinct; yet all must be ranked equally as species. [1]
Dr. Gunther, since publishing an account of this species in 'The Fishes of Zanzibar,' by Col. Playfair, 1866, p. 137, has re-examined the specimens, and has given me the above information. [1]
Sir John Lubbock proved by many experiments that an ant knows a stranger ant of her own species in a moment, even when the stranger is disguised--with paint. [5]
Nevertheless, it is probable that conspicuous colours are indirectly beneficial to many species, as a warning that they are unpalatable. [1]
This appears more probable than that the species in all cases originally tended to retain their ornamental plumage during the winter, but were saved from this through natural selection, resulting from the inconvenience or danger thus caused. [1]
Thirty years of practice had taught Nurse Byloe the art of handling the young of her species with the soft firmness which one may notice in cats with their kittens,--more grandly in a tawny lioness mouthing her cubs. [6]
It is, however, possible that the success of the common rat may be due to its having possessed greater cunning than its fellow- species, before it became associated with man. [1]
They receive high pay, but theirs is a dismal life, for they must live apart from their species, because their commerce with the dead defiles them, and any who should associate with them would share their defilement. [5]
But there are others to whom she tells her dreams; not what species or genus her lily belongs to, but what vague thought it has when it dresses in white, or what memory of its birthplace that is which we call its fragrance. [6]
See, also, for other species, 'Araneae Suecicae,' p. [1]
Some species of Oriolus (according to Mr. Blyth and Mr. Swinhoe, in 'Ibis,' July 1863, p. 68) likewise breed before they attain their full plumage. [1]
In some cases, organs have been reduced by means of natural selection, from having become injurious to the species under changed habits of life. [1]
The various species of woodpeckers strike a sonorous branch with their beaks, with so rapid a vibratory movement that "the head appears to be in two places at once. [1]
Although the characters of this variety are not quite constant, yet it has been named by several distinguished ornithologists as a distinct species. [1]
Whether the owners of this species of property do really see it as it is, it is not for me to say, but if they do, they see it as it is through two thousand millions of dollars, and that is a pretty thick coating. [7]
The young also of these three species in their immature plumage closely resemble the adults in their winter dress. [1]
Almost every part of their plumage has been taken advantage of, and modified; and the modifications have been carried, as Mr. Gould shewed me, to a wonderful extreme in some species belonging to nearly every sub-group. [1]
The unusual length of the tail-coverts is another remarkable character in Polyplectron; for in some of the species they are half, and in others two-thirds as long as the true tail-feathers. [1]
The birth both of the species and of the individual are equally parts of that grand sequence of events, which our minds refuse to accept as the result of blind chance. [1]

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