The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... considerably from the Emus , Cassowaries , and Kiwis , the three Australian repre- sentatives of this order . Thus , then , there seems to be 1 Recently Señor Ameghino has described from the Santa Cruz beds of Patagonia , which are ...
... considerably from the Emus , Cassowaries , and Kiwis , the three Australian repre- sentatives of this order . Thus , then , there seems to be 1 Recently Señor Ameghino has described from the Santa Cruz beds of Patagonia , which are ...
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... considerably wide distribution , and the number of species known to inhabit Australia is not very great . Thirty only are described in Dr. Dobson's catalogue of the Bats as Australian . Pteropus , the great genus of Fruit - eating Bats ...
... considerably wide distribution , and the number of species known to inhabit Australia is not very great . Thirty only are described in Dr. Dobson's catalogue of the Bats as Australian . Pteropus , the great genus of Fruit - eating Bats ...
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... considerable lapse of time is necessary before the effects of isolation can produce new races of sufficient distinctness from the original form to be entitled to specific separation . As regards the Papuan Ungulates , several kinds of ...
... considerable lapse of time is necessary before the effects of isolation can produce new races of sufficient distinctness from the original form to be entitled to specific separation . As regards the Papuan Ungulates , several kinds of ...
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... and Batchian , one of the Molucca group . 66 The Rodents are represented in the Papuan Sub - region by a considerable number of rats and mice of the family Muridæ , all of them restricted to the Sub - 40 THE GEOGRAPHY OF MAMMALS.
... and Batchian , one of the Molucca group . 66 The Rodents are represented in the Papuan Sub - region by a considerable number of rats and mice of the family Muridæ , all of them restricted to the Sub - 40 THE GEOGRAPHY OF MAMMALS.
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... considerable breadth of ocean ( about 1400 miles ) and also by a deep sea ( more than 2000 fathoms ) from the nearest point of mainland . This fact and the absence of an indigenous Mammal- fauna show that New Zealand has not been joined ...
... considerable breadth of ocean ( about 1400 miles ) and also by a deep sea ( more than 2000 fathoms ) from the nearest point of mainland . This fact and the absence of an indigenous Mammal- fauna show that New Zealand has not been joined ...
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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