The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... 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 two great masses ...
... 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 two great masses ...
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... closely connected with the Ostrich , the Ethiopian form , and that they both differ considerably from the Emus , Cassowaries , and Kiwis , the three Australian repre- sentatives of this order . Thus , then , there seems to be 1 Recently ...
... closely connected with the Ostrich , the Ethiopian form , and that they both differ considerably from the Emus , Cassowaries , and Kiwis , the three Australian repre- sentatives of this order . Thus , then , there seems to be 1 Recently ...
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... closely to that of the northern limit of trees . 2. A North Temperate Realm , occupying the whole of the northern hemisphere between the isotherms of 32 ° and 70 ° F. 3. An American Tropical Realm , consisting of Tropical America 10 THE ...
... closely to that of the northern limit of trees . 2. A North Temperate Realm , occupying the whole of the northern hemisphere between the isotherms of 32 ° and 70 ° F. 3. An American Tropical Realm , consisting of Tropical America 10 THE ...
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... closely with the Oriental Region , as will be seen by the discussion of the subject in the chapter dealing with that Region . SECTION II . - GENERAL VIEW OF THE MAMMAL - FAUNA OF THE AUSTRALIAN REGION The peculiarities of the Australian ...
... closely with the Oriental Region , as will be seen by the discussion of the subject in the chapter dealing with that Region . SECTION II . - GENERAL VIEW OF THE MAMMAL - FAUNA OF THE AUSTRALIAN REGION The peculiarities of the Australian ...
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... closely allied to the next family , the Phalangers , although their exclusively terrestrial habits naturally involve minor points of difference , which , added to the characters presented by their dentition , have induced naturalists to ...
... closely allied to the next family , the Phalangers , although their exclusively terrestrial habits naturally involve minor points of difference , which , added to the characters presented by their dentition , have induced naturalists to ...
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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