The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... Zealand , and the numerous islands of the Pacific . Characteristics . - Absence of nearly all Eutherian Mam- mals , except a few Rodents and Bats ; presence of six distinct families of Marsupials with one hundred species , and the only ...
... Zealand , and the numerous islands of the Pacific . Characteristics . - Absence of nearly all Eutherian Mam- mals , except a few Rodents and Bats ; presence of six distinct families of Marsupials with one hundred species , and the only ...
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... Zealand ) , and ( c ) the New Zealand province . From this it will be seen that Professor Huxley's scheme does not really diverge materially from the system here employed ; the chief points of difference being ( a ) the uniting together ...
... Zealand ) , and ( c ) the New Zealand province . From this it will be seen that Professor Huxley's scheme does not really diverge materially from the system here employed ; the chief points of difference being ( a ) the uniting together ...
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... Zealand ) . ( 9 ) The Neso - gaan ( = Polynesia ) . Dr. Bowdler Sharpe ( 12 ) has also recently published his views on the zoo - geographical areas , as worked out from the distribution of birds . the division of the Earth into Dealing ...
... Zealand ) . ( 9 ) The Neso - gaan ( = Polynesia ) . Dr. Bowdler Sharpe ( 12 ) has also recently published his views on the zoo - geographical areas , as worked out from the distribution of birds . the division of the Earth into Dealing ...
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... Zealand from Australia as an independent region . The chief questions in dispute , therefore , seem to be as follows : - ( 1 ) Whether the Palearctic and Nearctic Regions are to be recognised as separate ? ( 2 ) Whether Madagascar and ...
... Zealand from Australia as an independent region . The chief questions in dispute , therefore , seem to be as follows : - ( 1 ) Whether the Palearctic and Nearctic Regions are to be recognised as separate ? ( 2 ) Whether Madagascar and ...
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... Zealand as independent regions will be further discussed in the articles on the Ethiopian and Australian Regions respec- tively , as will also the propriety of dividing the Neotropical into two separate regions . A few words , however ...
... Zealand as independent regions will be further discussed in the articles on the Ethiopian and Australian Regions respec- tively , as will also the propriety of dividing the Neotropical into two separate regions . A few words , however ...
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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