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... represented by a number of terrestrial or half - aquatic species , such as very small deer ; some large rodents ( including the agouti , paca , and capybara ) ; tapirs ; and carnivores ( including the jaguar ) . Monkeys range from pygmy ...
... represented by a number of terrestrial or half - aquatic species , such as very small deer ; some large rodents ( including the agouti , paca , and capybara ) ; tapirs ; and carnivores ( including the jaguar ) . Monkeys range from pygmy ...
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... represented in human form , the Christian Evangelists Mark , Luke , and John are symbolically de- picted in animal form ( lion , ox , and eagle , respectively ) . Byzantine iconography sometimes depicts St. Christo- pher ( patron of ...
... represented in human form , the Christian Evangelists Mark , Luke , and John are symbolically de- picted in animal form ( lion , ox , and eagle , respectively ) . Byzantine iconography sometimes depicts St. Christo- pher ( patron of ...
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... represented . It may be as realistic depictions or diagrammatic and stylized abbrevi- ations of man and woman , god and goddess , masculine and feminine animals in the act of love and sexual union , as in reliefs on Hindu temples , or ...
... represented . It may be as realistic depictions or diagrammatic and stylized abbrevi- ations of man and woman , god and goddess , masculine and feminine animals in the act of love and sexual union , as in reliefs on Hindu temples , or ...
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