RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Pallas, Spicilegia zoologica. CUL-DAR85.B119. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 3.2022. RN2

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Polygamy

Pallas. Spicilegia zoologica Fasc. 12th. 1777

p. 29 - Antilope Saiga - the strongest drives away all rivals & collects a herd of almost a hundred females & kids - so more polygamous even than Seals - Owen in his Table (about [Larnacas]) shows that many Antilopes pair - but so variable is Polygamy that the progenitors of many species not now polygamous may have been so.

Pallas, Petri S. 1767-1774. Spicilegia zoologica: quibus novae imprimis et obscurae animalium species iconibus, descriptionibus atque commentariis illustrantur. Berlin: August Lange. Darwin cited this in Descent, vol. 2. See CUL-DAR83.96.

Owen, Richard. 1866-1868. On the anatomy of vertebrates. 3 vols. London: Longmans, Green & Co. CUL-DAR.LIB.477 vol. 1 PDF vol. 2 PDF vol. 3 PDF

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