The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... mainland of Australia . This is the Myrmecobius , or Banded Ant - eater , a little animal of the size and somewhat PEARSONST of the likeness of the common squirrel , with a long bushy tail and elegant transverse stripes across the back ...
... mainland of Australia . This is the Myrmecobius , or Banded Ant - eater , a little animal of the size and somewhat PEARSONST of the likeness of the common squirrel , with a long bushy tail and elegant transverse stripes across the back ...
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... mainland than to New Zealand . As in the Polynesian Sub - region , there are no indi- genous terrestrial mammals found in this Sub - region , the only exception being a species of rat ( Mus maorium ) . But it is quite possible , nay ...
... mainland than to New Zealand . As in the Polynesian Sub - region , there are no indi- genous terrestrial mammals found in this Sub - region , the only exception being a species of rat ( Mus maorium ) . But it is quite possible , nay ...
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... mainland . This fact and the absence of an indigenous Mammal- fauna show that New Zealand has not been joined directly by land with Australia recently , even in a geological sense of that term ; possibly it has never been so connected ...
... mainland . This fact and the absence of an indigenous Mammal- fauna show that New Zealand has not been joined directly by land with Australia recently , even in a geological sense of that term ; possibly it has never been so connected ...
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... and insects found in both these districts . Besides the mainland of Central and South America and the West Indies , the Falkland Islands and the 52 CHAPTER III THE NEOTROPICAL REGION— BOUNDARIES OF THE NEOTROPICAL REGION.
... and insects found in both these districts . Besides the mainland of Central and South America and the West Indies , the Falkland Islands and the 52 CHAPTER III THE NEOTROPICAL REGION— BOUNDARIES OF THE NEOTROPICAL REGION.
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... mainland forms . The birds also are mostly identical with those of the mainland , though there are some just recognisable representative forms . The Galapagos , a group of five larger and ten smaller islands , are situated in the ...
... mainland forms . The birds also are mostly identical with those of the mainland , though there are some just recognisable representative forms . The Galapagos , a group of five larger and ten smaller islands , are situated in the ...
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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