The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... TAPIRS PAST AND PRESENT . It is surprising how little change the tapir has undergone since the Oligocene , and the genus Protapirus based upon the dental characters alone can hardly be separated generically from the recent tapir . The ...
... TAPIRS PAST AND PRESENT . It is surprising how little change the tapir has undergone since the Oligocene , and the genus Protapirus based upon the dental characters alone can hardly be separated generically from the recent tapir . The ...
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... tapir ) . Fossil evidence shows that tapirs have survived nearly unchanged for over nearly twenty million years . The majority of tapirs in captivity are Malayan and South American tapirs . Baird's tapirs are less common , and mountain ...
... tapir ) . Fossil evidence shows that tapirs have survived nearly unchanged for over nearly twenty million years . The majority of tapirs in captivity are Malayan and South American tapirs . Baird's tapirs are less common , and mountain ...
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... Tapirs - More Long Noses Tapirs existed fifty to sixty million years ago . One million years ago , tapirs lived in most parts of the world . But today , tapirs are found only in the thick jungles of Central and South America , Thailand ...
... Tapirs - More Long Noses Tapirs existed fifty to sixty million years ago . One million years ago , tapirs lived in most parts of the world . But today , tapirs are found only in the thick jungles of Central and South America , Thailand ...
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... Tapirs . The last of these have retained much more of the original characters of the primitive Ungulates of the Eocene period than the others , and have indeed remained practically almost unchanged since the Miocene period , while ...
... Tapirs . The last of these have retained much more of the original characters of the primitive Ungulates of the Eocene period than the others , and have indeed remained practically almost unchanged since the Miocene period , while ...
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... tapirs , horses , and rhinoceroses . Casein content of milk in our study was less than that reported for tapirs by other studies , but was still the highest value among other perissodactyls . Whey pro- tein content of milk in our study ...
... tapirs , horses , and rhinoceroses . Casein content of milk in our study was less than that reported for tapirs by other studies , but was still the highest value among other perissodactyls . Whey pro- tein content of milk in our study ...
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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