The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... confined to Australia and New Guinea ; that the Marsupials pre- dominate in Australia , and are only met with elsewhere in South America ( one or two species of Opossum occurring in North America , but being probably only recent in ...
... confined to Australia and New Guinea ; that the Marsupials pre- dominate in Australia , and are only met with elsewhere in South America ( one or two species of Opossum occurring in North America , but being probably only recent in ...
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... confined to the Australian Region , and that the remaining one is widely spread throughout the tropical regions of both hemispheres . The most recent arrangement of this family , therefore , gives little support to Professor Huxley's ...
... confined to the Australian Region , and that the remaining one is widely spread throughout the tropical regions of both hemispheres . The most recent arrangement of this family , therefore , gives little support to Professor Huxley's ...
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... confined to their respective Regions , while 42 per cent . in the case of the Nearctic and 34 per cent . in the case of the Palearctic are common to the two regions . These last percentages include , however , several quite wide- spread ...
... confined to their respective Regions , while 42 per cent . in the case of the Nearctic and 34 per cent . in the case of the Palearctic are common to the two regions . These last percentages include , however , several quite wide- spread ...
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... confined to them ( endemic ) , the number of those slightly transgressing the Regional borders ( quasi - endemic ) , and the number of those of wide - spread distribution in each Region . In the second table these numbers have been ...
... confined to them ( endemic ) , the number of those slightly transgressing the Regional borders ( quasi - endemic ) , and the number of those of wide - spread distribution in each Region . In the second table these numbers have been ...
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... confined to each region are classed as “ endemic " ; those that cross the frontiers slightly as " quasi - endemic " ; all others are considered as " wide - spread . " The percentages , it will be observed , on account of the omission of ...
... confined to each region are classed as “ endemic " ; those that cross the frontiers slightly as " quasi - endemic " ; all others are considered as " wide - spread . " The percentages , it will be observed , on account of the omission of ...
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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