The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, Volumes 1-10Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1974 - Reference [1] Propaedia: outline of knowledge and guide to the Britannica.--[2]-[11] Micropaedia: ready reference and index.--[12]-[30] Macropaedia: knowledge in depth. |
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... Artiodactyls , like so many other animals closely as- sociated with man , are a part of his religion and folk- lore , exemplified , for instance , by Aesop's Fables and the Persian worship of Mithras ( see ANIMALS AND PLANTS IN MYTH AND ...
... Artiodactyls , like so many other animals closely as- sociated with man , are a part of his religion and folk- lore , exemplified , for instance , by Aesop's Fables and the Persian worship of Mithras ( see ANIMALS AND PLANTS IN MYTH AND ...
Page 74
... artiodactyls eat soil when they begin to eat solid food , probably to establish a normal flora and fauna in the rumen ( the first of the four stomach cham- bers ) . Locomotion . Artiodactyls are preyed upon by car- nivores and therefore ...
... artiodactyls eat soil when they begin to eat solid food , probably to establish a normal flora and fauna in the rumen ( the first of the four stomach cham- bers ) . Locomotion . Artiodactyls are preyed upon by car- nivores and therefore ...
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... artiodactyls the main weight - bearing axis of the leg passes through the third and fourth toes together . This has been called paraxonic support and is contrasted with the mesaxonic limb support of the other great order of herbivorous ...
... artiodactyls the main weight - bearing axis of the leg passes through the third and fourth toes together . This has been called paraxonic support and is contrasted with the mesaxonic limb support of the other great order of herbivorous ...
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