The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... Sahara agrees closely , as regards its animal life , with Europe , and is altogether different from the great mass of the African continent . Proceeding to America we find that physical geographers , as well as political , divide the ...
... Sahara agrees closely , as regards its animal life , with Europe , and is altogether different from the great mass of the African continent . Proceeding to America we find that physical geographers , as well as political , divide the ...
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... Sahara , together with Southern Arabia and the island of Madagascar . As in all other cases where there is a long land - frontier between two neighbour- ing Regions , so here it is impossible to lay down anything but an approximate line ...
... Sahara , together with Southern Arabia and the island of Madagascar . As in all other cases where there is a long land - frontier between two neighbour- ing Regions , so here it is impossible to lay down anything but an approximate line ...
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... Sahara , the southern portion of Arabia , and North - East Africa , will form a fourth Sub - region , which , however , does not contain nearly so high a percentage of endemic genera as the other three . The Ethiopian Region may ...
... Sahara , the southern portion of Arabia , and North - East Africa , will form a fourth Sub - region , which , however , does not contain nearly so high a percentage of endemic genera as the other three . The Ethiopian Region may ...
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... Sahara proper , it includes the southern part of Arabia and Somaliland , both of which are distinctly arid countries . The only part of the Sub - region where there is much rainfall is in the Abyssinian highlands and the country ...
... Sahara proper , it includes the southern part of Arabia and Somaliland , both of which are distinctly arid countries . The only part of the Sub - region where there is much rainfall is in the Abyssinian highlands and the country ...
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... Sahara , and extends into Arabia . The Rodents are well represented in this Sub - region , but there are only three peculiar genera - Lophiomys , Heterocephalus , and Pectinator . Lophiomys , a curious crested Rodent , forms a distinct ...
... Sahara , and extends into Arabia . The Rodents are well represented in this Sub - region , but there are only three peculiar genera - Lophiomys , Heterocephalus , and Pectinator . Lophiomys , a curious crested Rodent , forms a distinct ...
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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