The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... squirrel , with a long bushy tail and elegant transverse stripes across the back . The Myrmecobius is terrestrial in its habits , and feeds princi- pally on ants . It is apparently confined to the western and central parts of the sub ...
... squirrel , with a long bushy tail and elegant transverse stripes across the back . The Myrmecobius is terrestrial in its habits , and feeds princi- pally on ants . It is apparently confined to the western and central parts of the sub ...
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... 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 be enume- rated before we leave the Phalanger family - the Tarsipes ...
... 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 be enume- rated before we leave the Phalanger family - the Tarsipes ...
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... Squirrels ( Sciuromorpha ) , the Mice ( Myomorpha ) , the Porcupines ( Hystricomorpha ) , and the Hares ( Duplici- dentata ) the first two and the last contain very few peculiar genera and no peculiar families in this Region . But , on ...
... Squirrels ( Sciuromorpha ) , the Mice ( Myomorpha ) , the Porcupines ( Hystricomorpha ) , and the Hares ( Duplici- dentata ) the first two and the last contain very few peculiar genera and no peculiar families in this Region . But , on ...
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... Squirrels ( Sciurus ) , Vesper - mice ( Hesperomys ) , Pouched mice ( Heteromys ) , and a single Hare ( Lepus ) , they all belong to the Hystricomorphine group , which is so highly developed in the Neotropical Region . The Guiano ...
... Squirrels ( Sciurus ) , Vesper - mice ( Hesperomys ) , Pouched mice ( Heteromys ) , and a single Hare ( Lepus ) , they all belong to the Hystricomorphine group , which is so highly developed in the Neotropical Region . The Guiano ...
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... squirrels in having a flap of skin available for imperfect flight extended between the fore and hind limbs . But the Anomalures differ from the true Flying Squirrels ( Pteromys ) in having a long cartilaginous process ex- tending from ...
... squirrels in having a flap of skin available for imperfect flight extended between the fore and hind limbs . But the Anomalures differ from the true Flying Squirrels ( Pteromys ) in having a long cartilaginous process ex- tending from ...
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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