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Origin of color of mustelidae.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: appearance and habits. · Animal characteristics: color and smell. · view the constellation · filed as A2411.1.2

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Filed under Origin of color of mammals.

5 finer motifs beneath it
Why weasel is white with dark tip to tail Color of ermine Color of otter Color of skunk. (Cf. A2219.1.) Color of mink. Singed by sun. (Cf. A2218)
Filed beside it
Origin of color of felidae [First Edition: A2411.1.12. Color of badger. See A2219.1.] Color of canidae and other carnivora Origin of color of rodentia Origin of color of primata Origin of color of ungulata Origin of color of other mammals

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