The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... Wallace's line . adjacent I. Australian Region . djacent } Central America south of the Isthmus ' of Tehuantepec , the West Indies , and II . Neotropical Region . South America ( Africa south of the Atlas , and Madagascar III ...
... Wallace's line . adjacent I. Australian Region . djacent } Central America south of the Isthmus ' of Tehuantepec , the West Indies , and II . Neotropical Region . South America ( Africa south of the Atlas , and Madagascar III ...
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... Wallace's line , New Zealand , and the numerous islands of the Pacific . Characteristics . - Absence of nearly all Eutherian Mam- mals , except a few Rodents and Bats ; presence of six distinct families of Marsupials with one hundred ...
... Wallace's line , New Zealand , and the numerous islands of the Pacific . Characteristics . - Absence of nearly all Eutherian Mam- mals , except a few Rodents and Bats ; presence of six distinct families of Marsupials with one hundred ...
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... Wallace's line , including Celebes . Characteristics . - Orangs , Gibbons , and other peculiar Monkeys . Flying Lemur , Tiger , and other cats , Indian Elephant , Rhinoceros , Malayan Tapir , Manis . Generally , it may be said that the ...
... Wallace's line , including Celebes . Characteristics . - Orangs , Gibbons , and other peculiar Monkeys . Flying Lemur , Tiger , and other cats , Indian Elephant , Rhinoceros , Malayan Tapir , Manis . Generally , it may be said that the ...
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... Wallace in his standard work on " Geographical Distribution " ( 13 ) , and was there shown to be applicable to the other principal groups of terrestrial animals . Moreover , the names then bestowed on the six great primary Regions are ...
... Wallace in his standard work on " Geographical Distribution " ( 13 ) , and was there shown to be applicable to the other principal groups of terrestrial animals . Moreover , the names then bestowed on the six great primary Regions are ...
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... Wallace's strong support , how- ever , it is right to say that this system has not been univer- sally accepted . Professor Huxley ( 6 ) in 1868 proposed to separate the world into two divisions - Arctogæa and Notogæa , the former ...
... Wallace's strong support , how- ever , it is right to say that this system has not been univer- sally accepted . Professor Huxley ( 6 ) in 1868 proposed to separate the world into two divisions - Arctogæa and Notogæa , the former ...
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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