The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... spread . Professor Huxley has also cited the Parrots ( Psittaco- morpha ) " as helping , together with the three - toed Ratitæ , to bind together the widely - separated portions of the south world . " But on referring to the account of ...
... spread . Professor Huxley has also cited the Parrots ( Psittaco- morpha ) " as helping , together with the three - toed Ratitæ , to bind together the widely - separated portions of the south world . " But on referring to the account of ...
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... spread genera which can hardly be called circum - polar - such as Sciurus , Sciuropterus , Lepus , Lutra , Canis , and Felis . These figures show that there is , as has indeed never been disputed , a great amount of similarity between ...
... spread genera which can hardly be called circum - polar - such as Sciurus , Sciuropterus , Lepus , Lutra , Canis , and Felis . These figures show that there is , as has indeed never been disputed , a great amount of similarity between ...
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... spread distribution in each Region . In the second table these numbers have been reduced to percentages , which give in some respects a better idea of the relative specialisation of the mammal- fauna of each Region . On examining these ...
... spread distribution in each Region . In the second table these numbers have been reduced to percentages , which give in some respects a better idea of the relative specialisation of the mammal- fauna of each Region . On examining these ...
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... spread . Endemic . Quasi- Wide- endemic . spread . 1. Australian 2. Neotropical 3. Ethiopian . 4. Oriental 5. Nearctic 6. Palearctic . • 31 23 . 338590 18 17 874200 50 60 46 79 11 71 66 91 34 90 30 100 24 712833 222887 32 12 32 56 65 71 ...
... spread . Endemic . Quasi- Wide- endemic . spread . 1. Australian 2. Neotropical 3. Ethiopian . 4. Oriental 5. Nearctic 6. Palearctic . • 31 23 . 338590 18 17 874200 50 60 46 79 11 71 66 91 34 90 30 100 24 712833 222887 32 12 32 56 65 71 ...
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... spread . 222887 32 12 32 56 65 71 The groups entirely confined to each region are classed as " endemic " those that cross the frontiers slightly as " quasi - endemic " ; all others are considered as " wide - spread . " The percentages ...
... spread . 222887 32 12 32 56 65 71 The groups entirely confined to each region are classed as " endemic " those that cross the frontiers slightly as " quasi - endemic " ; all others are considered as " wide - spread . " The percentages ...
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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