The Geography of MammalsArno Press, 1978 - 338 páginas |
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... Madagascar , but probably , if such were ever the case , it was at a remote time , geologically speaking . The Comoros are a group of several islands lying about midway between the most northerly point of Madagascar and the mainland of ...
... Madagascar , but probably , if such were ever the case , it was at a remote time , geologically speaking . The Comoros are a group of several islands lying about midway between the most northerly point of Madagascar and the mainland of ...
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... Madagascar is separated from the main- land of Africa by the Mozambique Channel , which , though only about 250 miles across at its narrowest point , is more than 100 fathoms deep throughout its extent . For our recent knowledge of the ...
... Madagascar is separated from the main- land of Africa by the Mozambique Channel , which , though only about 250 miles across at its narrowest point , is more than 100 fathoms deep throughout its extent . For our recent knowledge of the ...
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... Madagascar we know as yet too little . Dr. Forsyth - Major ( 4 ) has lately described a large lemur ( Megaladapis ) ... Madagascar originally obtained its animal life from the mainland of Africa . The striking differences between the ...
... Madagascar we know as yet too little . Dr. Forsyth - Major ( 4 ) has lately described a large lemur ( Megaladapis ) ... Madagascar originally obtained its animal life from the mainland of Africa . The striking differences between the ...
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Africa animals Ant-eater Antelopes Arctic Armadilloes Asia Atlantic Australian Region Bats beds belong birds Borneo boundary Bovida Cape Carnivora Celebes Central Cetaceans Chimpanzee Chiroptera closely allied coast confined considerable number contains Deer distinct districts Eastern Edentates endemic entirely Ethiopian Region Europe existing extends extinct fauna forests forms genera genus Geographical Distribution greater number 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 Pacific Palearctic Region Papuan Sub-region Patagonia peculiar genera Phalanger Pinnipeds Pliocene present range recent remarkable represented restricted Rodents Sea-regions SECTION single species Sirenian South America Southern Sub-family Sumatra SUMMARY AND DEDUCTIONS Tapirs three genera total number tropical Ungulata Ungulates Viverrida Wallace's Line West African Western whole widely distributed Zealand