The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... extends to the Sahara agrees 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 ...
... extends to the Sahara agrees 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 ...
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... extend their ranges , and seas and rivers form their restraining boundaries . We will for the present put aside the marine mammals , and address ourselves to the discussion of the distribution of the nine terrestrial Orders , namely ...
... extend their ranges , and seas and rivers form their restraining boundaries . We will for the present put aside the marine mammals , and address ourselves to the discussion of the distribution of the nine terrestrial Orders , namely ...
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... Tasmania , must have formerly extended into Australia , as their remains have been found fossil in the caves of the Wellington Valley of New South Wales . Altogether the Dasyures number some twenty species in 24 THE GEOGRAPHY OF MAMMALS.
... Tasmania , must have formerly extended into Australia , as their remains have been found fossil in the caves of the Wellington Valley of New South Wales . Altogether the Dasyures number some twenty species in 24 THE GEOGRAPHY OF MAMMALS.
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... extended between the fore and hind legs , in the manner of the flying squirrels ( Pteromys ) , to support the animal in the air when descending from the top of one tree to the base of another . One more very singular little animal must ...
... extended between the fore and hind legs , in the manner of the flying squirrels ( Pteromys ) , to support the animal in the air when descending from the top of one tree to the base of another . One more very singular little animal must ...
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... extend beyond the limits of the Region , to the Oriental , and in some cases range even into the Ethiopian and ... extending to Tasmania ; and thirty - six are peculiar to Western Australia , while ten species out of the whole Mammal ...
... extend beyond the limits of the Region , to the Oriental , and in some cases range even into the Ethiopian and ... extending to Tasmania ; and thirty - six are peculiar to Western Australia , while ten species out of the whole Mammal ...
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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