The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... Ocean and Hudson's Bay and the great peninsula of Greenland , " beyond the limit of arboreal vegetation , " together with the similar Arctic por- tion of the old world , Mr. Allen states , no doubt correctly , that it contains a ...
... Ocean and Hudson's Bay and the great peninsula of Greenland , " beyond the limit of arboreal vegetation , " together with the similar Arctic por- tion of the old world , Mr. Allen states , no doubt correctly , that it contains a ...
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... ocean , more fertile districts are found . Besides the more widely diffused Australian types , some peculiar forms are met with only on this side of the continent . Tasmania , which is , in fact , but a recently separated piece of this ...
... ocean , more fertile districts are found . Besides the more widely diffused Australian types , some peculiar forms are met with only on this side of the continent . Tasmania , which is , in fact , but a recently separated piece of this ...
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... cases to very small limits . For instance , one species ( P. livingstonii ) is restricted to the Comoro Islands in the Indian Ocean , three others to single islands in the Solomon group , and a fourth is THE AUSTRALIAN REGION 41.
... cases to very small limits . For instance , one species ( P. livingstonii ) is restricted to the Comoro Islands in the Indian Ocean , three others to single islands in the Solomon group , and a fourth is THE AUSTRALIAN REGION 41.
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... ocean ( about 1400 miles ) and also by a deep sea ( more than 2000 fathoms ) from the nearest point of mainland . This fact and the absence of an indigenous Mammal- fauna show that New Zealand has not been joined directly by land with ...
... ocean ( about 1400 miles ) and also by a deep sea ( more than 2000 fathoms ) from the nearest point of mainland . This fact and the absence of an indigenous Mammal- fauna show that New Zealand has not been joined directly by land with ...
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... Ocean , and is very isolated , not only from the great land - masses of Asia and America , from which it is separated by a very deep ocean more than 2000 miles across , but also from the other larger groups of the Polynesian islands ...
... Ocean , and is very isolated , not only from the great land - masses of Asia and America , from which it is separated by a very deep ocean more than 2000 miles across , but also from the other larger groups of the Polynesian islands ...
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Africa animals Ant-eater Antarctic Antelopes Arctatlantis Arctic Armadilloes Asia Atlantic Australian Region Bats beds belong Borneo boundary Bovida Cape Carnivora Celebes Cetaceans Chimpanzee Chiroptera closely allied coast confined considerable number contains Deer distinct districts Eastern Edentates endemic Ethiopian Region Europe existing extends extinct fauna forests forms genera genus geographical distribution greater number Indian Sub-region inhabitants Insectivores islands known Lemurs Macacus Madagascar mainland Malagasy Malagasy Sub-region Malay Peninsula Malayan MAMMAL-FAUNA mammalian mammals Marsupials Monkeys Monotremes mountains naturalists Nearctic Region nearly Neotropical Region North northern number of genera number of species occur Ocean Old World Opossum Order Oriental Region Otaria Pacific Palearctic Region Papuan Sub-region Patagonia peculiar genera Phalanger Phocida Pinnipeds Pliocene present range recent remarkable represented Rodents Sea-regions SECTION Shrews single species Sirenian South America Southern Squirrels Sub-family Sumatra SUMMARY AND DEDUCTIONS Tapirs three genera total number tropical Ungulata Ungulates Viverride Western whole widely distributed