The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... district of the New World . Extent . - North America , down to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec . Characteristics . - General mammal - fauna , very like that of the Palearctic Region , but mixed up with endemic forms and intruders from the ...
... district of the New World . Extent . - North America , down to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec . Characteristics . - General mammal - fauna , very like that of the Palearctic Region , but mixed up with endemic forms and intruders from the ...
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... districts are found . Besides the more widely diffused Australian types , some peculiar forms are met with only on this side of the continent . Tasmania , which is , in fact , but a recently separated piece of this portion of Australia ...
... districts are found . Besides the more widely diffused Australian types , some peculiar forms are met with only on this side of the continent . Tasmania , which is , in fact , but a recently separated piece of this portion of Australia ...
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... districts of Australia , and is likewise occasionally found as far along the southern coast as Western Australia . In Tasmania a slightly different species ( Echidna setosa ) with PEARSONSE ( Ornithorhynchus anatinus ) . longer fur ...
... districts of Australia , and is likewise occasionally found as far along the southern coast as Western Australia . In Tasmania a slightly different species ( Echidna setosa ) with PEARSONSE ( Ornithorhynchus anatinus ) . longer fur ...
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... 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.
... 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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... districts . These three animals are all widely distributed in the woodlands of tropical America , but never met with elsewhere . The Armadilloes ( Dasypodidae ) are mostly inhabitants of more open districts ( see Fig . 10 , p . 59 ) ...
... districts . These three animals are all widely distributed in the woodlands of tropical America , but never met with elsewhere . The Armadilloes ( Dasypodidae ) are mostly inhabitants of more open districts ( see Fig . 10 , p . 59 ) ...
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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