The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... comparatively slight elevation of the intervening sea- bottom would very nearly connect Jamaica with the mainland . Whether such a complete land - connection ( or only an approximation of land areas ) by this route ever existed 70 THE ...
... comparatively slight elevation of the intervening sea- bottom would very nearly connect Jamaica with the mainland . Whether such a complete land - connection ( or only an approximation of land areas ) by this route ever existed 70 THE ...
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... chiefly of desert , or at any rate of a comparatively dry country , including the Sahara , Eastern Africa as far south as the Tana River , and Southern Arabia . SECTION IV . - THE MALAGASY SUB - REGION The 100 THE GEOGRAPHY OF MAMMALS.
... chiefly of desert , or at any rate of a comparatively dry country , including the Sahara , Eastern Africa as far south as the Tana River , and Southern Arabia . SECTION IV . - THE MALAGASY SUB - REGION The 100 THE GEOGRAPHY OF MAMMALS.
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... comparatively recent period . On the whole , however , we cannot but presume that Madagascar originally obtained its animal life from the mainland of Africa . The striking differences between the present faunas of Africa proper and ...
... comparatively recent period . On the whole , however , we cannot but presume that Madagascar originally obtained its animal life from the mainland of Africa . The striking differences between the present faunas of Africa proper and ...
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... dry and comparatively barren countries , is a member of this division of the Indian fauna . was formerly much more abundant in the peninsula , but It is now , apparently , restricted to a small area THE ORIENTAL REGION 135.
... dry and comparatively barren countries , is a member of this division of the Indian fauna . was formerly much more abundant in the peninsula , but It is now , apparently , restricted to a small area THE ORIENTAL REGION 135.
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... comparatively shallow water , so that an elevation of 100 fathoms would obliterate the whole of the sea between the various islands , leaving them connected with one another and with the Asiatic continent . There can be no doubt that ...
... comparatively shallow water , so that an elevation of 100 fathoms would obliterate the whole of the sea between the various islands , leaving them connected with one another and with the Asiatic continent . There can be no doubt that ...
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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