The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... At the present time it appears to be found both in a wild state . and in a semi - domesticated condition among the native Australians . SECTION III . - SUBDIVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN REGION The 20 THE GEOGRAPHY OF MAMMALS.
... At the present time it appears to be found both in a wild state . and in a semi - domesticated condition among the native Australians . SECTION III . - SUBDIVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN REGION The 20 THE GEOGRAPHY OF MAMMALS.
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... appears to be exclusively honey , no other substance having been found in the stomachs of the specimens examined , and its long and slender tongue being obviously adapted , like the bill of the humming - bird and the brush - tongue of ...
... appears to be exclusively honey , no other substance having been found in the stomachs of the specimens examined , and its long and slender tongue being obviously adapted , like the bill of the humming - bird and the brush - tongue of ...
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... appear to be , and , as we know by actual experience are , excellently adapted , are alike unknown , except as introductions , in Australia , and their functions in a state of nature seem to be performed by the various groups of ...
... appear to be , and , as we know by actual experience are , excellently adapted , are alike unknown , except as introductions , in Australia , and their functions in a state of nature seem to be performed by the various groups of ...
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... appear in many cases to have attained a size far surpassing that of their degenerate descendants . None of the remains hitherto found in Australia throw much light on the origin of its remarkable fauna . But quite recently evidence of ...
... appear in many cases to have attained a size far surpassing that of their degenerate descendants . None of the remains hitherto found in Australia throw much light on the origin of its remarkable fauna . But quite recently evidence of ...
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... appears to belong rather to the Australian mainland than to New Zealand . As in the Polynesian Sub - region , there are no indi- genous terrestrial mammals found in this Sub - region , the only exception being a species of rat ( Mus ...
... appears to belong rather to the Australian mainland than to New Zealand . As in the Polynesian Sub - region , there are no indi- genous terrestrial mammals found in this Sub - region , the only exception being a species of rat ( Mus ...
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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