The Geography of MammalsArno Press, 1978 - 338 páginas |
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... Phalangers , although their exclusively terrestrial habits naturally involve minor points of difference , which , added to the characters presented by their dentition , have induced naturalists to recognise them as a separate family ...
... Phalangers , although their exclusively terrestrial habits naturally involve minor points of difference , which , added to the characters presented by their dentition , have induced naturalists to recognise them as a separate family ...
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... Phalangers are essentially arboreal in their habits , and are much more strictly nocturnal than the two former groups . In the daytime the Phalangers lie concealed in the hollows of trees , issuing forth at night to feed amongst the ...
... Phalangers are essentially arboreal in their habits , and are much more strictly nocturnal than the two former groups . In the daytime the Phalangers lie concealed in the hollows of trees , issuing forth at night to feed amongst the ...
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... Phalangers ( Phalangeride ) is likewise diffused over the whole Australian Region , and has even crossed the dividing line into Celebes , which , as already shown , must be included in the Oriental Region in spite of its possessing this ...
... Phalangers ( Phalangeride ) is likewise diffused over the whole Australian Region , and has even crossed the dividing line into Celebes , which , as already shown , must be included in the Oriental Region in spite of its possessing this ...
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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