The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... interest , even among the many abnormal forms of this wonderful land . The Tarsipes is of the size and general form of an ordinary mouse , but with a long slender - pointed muzzle , and with the nails of the toes for the most THE ...
... interest , even among the many abnormal forms of this wonderful land . The Tarsipes is of the size and general form of an ordinary mouse , but with a long slender - pointed muzzle , and with the nails of the toes for the most THE ...
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... interest , and will be treated of in detail below . The Falkland Islands are situated in the south Atlantic , about 250 miles east of the nearest point of Patagonia . They are , however , known to be connected with the main- land by a ...
... interest , and will be treated of in detail below . The Falkland Islands are situated in the south Atlantic , about 250 miles east of the nearest point of Patagonia . They are , however , known to be connected with the main- land by a ...
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... interest ; they are included in three families , of which two ( Vesper- tilionidæ and Emballonurida ) , although containing several peculiar genera , are found in other parts of the world , but the third ( Phyllostomatide ) is entirely ...
... interest ; they are included in three families , of which two ( Vesper- tilionidæ and Emballonurida ) , although containing several peculiar genera , are found in other parts of the world , but the third ( Phyllostomatide ) is entirely ...
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... form migrated south- wards along the line of the Cordilleras , but has died out in the intermediate district . The Bats of the Patagonian Sub - region present but few features of interest ; 78 THE GEOGRAPHY OF MAMMALS.
... form migrated south- wards along the line of the Cordilleras , but has died out in the intermediate district . The Bats of the Patagonian Sub - region present but few features of interest ; 78 THE GEOGRAPHY OF MAMMALS.
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... interest ; they are , with one exception , all of genera found also in the Guiano- Brazilian Sub - region . As might have been expected from the dearth of forests and the generally severe climate , the American monkeys and marmosets are ...
... interest ; they are , with one exception , all of genera found also in the Guiano- Brazilian Sub - region . As might have been expected from the dearth of forests and the generally severe climate , the American monkeys and marmosets are ...
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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