They were either not intended to be copies of particular species, or, if so intended, the artist's skill was wholly inadequate for his purpose.
The experience of numerous investigators attests how difficult it is, for instance, to obtain from a savage the name of a class of animals in distinction from a particular species of that class.
So far, therefore, as the carvings themselves afford evidence to the naturalist, their general likeness entirely accords with the supposition that they were not intended to be copies of particular species.
No particular species of Bat seems to be indicated by the Hebrew word Hatalleph, which is evidently used in a comprehensive sense, and signifies all and any species of Bat.
It is needless to say that no particular species of Snail is mentioned, and almost as needless to state that in Palestine there are many species of Snails, to any or all of which these words are equally applicable.
Particular species of truffles and of mushrooms are found associated with particular trees, without being, as is popularly supposed, parasites deriving their nutriment from the dying or dead roots of those trees.
No particular species of fly is here indicated; but it is evident that some peculiarly irritating and troublesome, not to say dangerous, insect is signified.
Molina informs us that, at Coquimbo in Chili, resin, either the product of an insect or the consequence of an insect's biting off the buds of a particular species of Origanum, is collected in large quantities.
In the Lias, particular species of Ammonites may succeed one another regularly, each having a more or less definite horizon, which it does not transgress.
By means of particular species of Ammonites, taken along with other fossils which are confined to particular zones, the Lower Lias may be subdivided into several well-marked horizons.
Within these limits, each formation is characterised by particular species, the number of individuals being often very great, and the size which is sometimes attained being nothing short of gigantic.
Among these free parasites, many do not attach themselves to a particular species, and well deserve the title of cosmopolitan parasites.
The large mussel, which furnishes fine pearls (Avicula margaritifera), lodges also pinnotheres of a particular species by the side of another messmate more allied to a lobster than a crab.
In other respects, as the chamois resembles the goat by a greater number of characters than the ram, if it constitute a particular species, it must necessarily be an intermediate one betwixt the goat and the ram.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "particular species" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
