RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1868-1870]. Draft of Descent 2: 304-5. CUL-DAR78.66r. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 2.2023. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR78 contains notes on experiments for Darwin's book Cross and self fertilisation.
The text of the draft corresponds to Descent 2: 304-5. Darwin later changed the first name given here to Hyomoschus aquaticus, the Mouse deer.
[66r]
(viz Moschus aquaticus), [top of page excised]
striped, the males having large canine teeth instead of horns, & resembling in various osteological characters the common parent ancestor of our existing pachydermatous & ruminant animals.*(59)
(If in accordance with our previous remarks we admit that the spots in the case of deer & the stripes in the case of Pigs were probably first acquired by some ancient progenitor of this Deer Family, & stripes by some groups forms through sexual
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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