The Colours of Animals: Their Meaning and Use Especially Considered in the Case of Insects

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Pengarang	Edward Bagnall Poulton
Negara	Britania Raya
Subjek	Camouflage, Mimikri, Seleksi seksual
Genre	Sejarah alam
Penerbit	Kegan Paul, Trench & Trübner
Tanggal terbit	1890 (1890)
Halaman	360

The Colours of Animals adalah sebuah buku zoologi yang ditulis pada 1890 oleh Sir Edward Bagnall Poulton (1856–1943). Buku tersebut mempelopori konsep seleksi frekuensi-dependen dan memperkenalkan istilah "aposematisme".

• Poulton, Edward Bagnall, Sir (1890). The Colours of Animals, their meaning and use, especially considered in the case of insects Diarsipkan 2019-10-06 di Wayback Machine.. London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Trübner.

• Jim Mallet, UCL: Extracts from The Colours of Animals