The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... forests , seems to be extremely favourable to the presence of Bats , of which there are more than sixty species known to occur within its limits . More especially is this the case with the large fruit - eating bats of the genus Pteropus ...
... forests , seems to be extremely favourable to the presence of Bats , of which there are more than sixty species known to occur within its limits . More especially is this the case with the large fruit - eating bats of the genus Pteropus ...
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... forests . South of the tropic of Capricorn the woods soon disappear , and the country , over a large part of its ... forest . The mammalian fauna of the Neotropical Region is naturally a rich one , but in the number of genera and species ...
... forests . South of the tropic of Capricorn the woods soon disappear , and the country , over a large part of its ... forest . The mammalian fauna of the Neotropical Region is naturally a rich one , but in the number of genera and species ...
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... forests , and one of the three existing forms ( Cyclothurus ) is exclusively arboreal . A second ( Taman- dua ) may be said to be semi - arboreal , but the largest - the Great Ant - eater as it is usually called (. FIG . 8. - HOFFMANN'S ...
... forests , and one of the three existing forms ( Cyclothurus ) is exclusively arboreal . A second ( Taman- dua ) may be said to be semi - arboreal , but the largest - the Great Ant - eater as it is usually called (. FIG . 8. - HOFFMANN'S ...
Página 58
... forest - districts . These three animals are all widely distributed in the woodlands of tropical America , but never met with elsewhere . The Armadilloes ( Dasypodidae ) are mostly inhabitants of more open districts ( see Fig . 10 , p ...
... forest - districts . These three animals are all widely distributed in the woodlands of tropical America , but never met with elsewhere . The Armadilloes ( Dasypodidae ) are mostly inhabitants of more open districts ( see Fig . 10 , p ...
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... forest in about lat . 30 ° S. , and from the forest of the eastern slopes of the Andes to the Atlantic , including Trinidad and the other islands off the coast of Venezuela . 4. The Patagonian Sub - region , comprising the higher ranges ...
... forest in about lat . 30 ° S. , and from the forest of the eastern slopes of the Andes to the Atlantic , including Trinidad and the other islands off the coast of Venezuela . 4. The Patagonian Sub - region , comprising the higher ranges ...
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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